Yet another Paleostinian foot shot. No skin off our fore if they don't want our filthy lucre.
Senior official Saeb Erekat
...negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel. He has been chief Paleostinian negotiator since 1995. He is currently negotiating with Israel to establish a de jure Paleostinian state...
confirmed U.S. media reports that the Paleostinians had demanded all funding stop at the end of the January for fear they would expose themselves to costly law suits under the U.S. Anti Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) which is about to come into force.
"The government sent an official letter to the U.S. administration requesting it stop all aid to the Paleostinian Authority, including assistance to the Paleostinian security services," Erekat told AFP.
He said the main reason for the move was the ATCA legislation, under which the financial aid provided by the U.S. could be used as a means "for various groups to file lawsuits against the Paleostinian Authority."
U.S. President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
had already pledged to cut almost all humanitarian aid
to the Paleostinians amid a dispute with President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial..., but projects were being phased out gradually.
The planned expansion of a school near Bethlehem will now not be completed, while infrastructure projects in Jericho and other towns will also stop.
The U.S. also provides roughly $50 million in annual support for Paleostinian security services, including to support security coordination with Israel that Israeli officials say is crucial for maintaining calm in the West Bank.
This funding was not cut off by the U.S. government despite humanitarian aid cuts but will now be stopped.
The ATCA legislation passed by Congress last year provides for any government that receives funding to be subject to U.S. counterterrorism laws.
The Paleostinian Authority faces potential lawsuits from families of American victims of past Paleostinian attacks.
The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem confirmed Tuesday it was "working through" the potential impact of ATCA and had "taken steps to wind down certain projects and programs in the West Bank and Gazoo."
Erekat played down the ending of U.S. funding saying it would "not impact on the role of the security services."
However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
a senior Paleostinian security official told AFP the impact could be significant.
The search is on for new sources of funding in Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...and elsewhere, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
A handful of U.S. contractors working to support the security services have already left the Paleostinian territories ahead of the end of the month, he added.