Timeline of Trump’s Palestinian policy
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Feb 2017: President Donald Trump drops U.S. commitment to two-state solution to Israeli- Palestinian conflict – bedrock of Washington’s Middle East policy
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Dec: Trump recognises Jerusalem as capital of Israel, upsetting Arab
world and some Western allies
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Jan 2018: U.S. withholds $65m in aid to UNRWA – UN relief agency caring for more than five million Palestinian refugees
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May: U.S. moves Israel’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – 58 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli troops during protests at Gaza-Israel border
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Aug: Washington halts all funding to UNRWA – around $360m a year
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Sep: Trump administration closes Palestine Liberation Organisation mission in Washington for seeking measures against Israel at International Criminal Court
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Mar 2019: Trump officially recognises Israeli sovereignty over occupied Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967

Administration closes
U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem – diplomatic channel to Palestinians – folding operations into new U.S. Embassy to Israel
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Jun 8: U.S. ambassador David Friedman says Israel has right to annex parts of West Bank
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Jun 25-26: White House holds “Peace to Prosperity” workshop in Bahrain to encourage investment in Palestinian territories as first part of Trump’s “deal of the century”

Palestinian leaders boycott event and reject plan unveiled
by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son- in-law and senior adviser, calling for $50bn to be invested over 10 years
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Sources: Reuters, BBC Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS