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Why Trump’s funding threat to Palestinians is even more dangerous than Jerusalem move

Donald Trump has demonstrated either that he does not understand the situation, or does understand but does not care. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Donald Trump’s latest intervention in the Middle East peace process – one he has already upended by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital – looks like being his most chaotic move yet.

After appointing his son-in-law Jared Kushner as regional adviser and naming the fiercely pro-settlement lawyer David Friedman as his ambassador to Israel, the US president has blundered from crisis to crisis in recent weeks.

His speech recognising Jerusalem as the

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