"US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo teased the Trump administration's upcoming peace plan on Wednesday as a "truly historic" effort to broker an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, accepting an award from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America in Washington...
But Pompeo also announced to the crowd that he had denied a $165 million transfer of aid to the Palestinian Authority earlier in the day, over its failure to adhere to the Taylor Force Act, a law that bars the State Department from continuing aid to the PA unrelated to security cooperation unless Ramallah ceases its practice of compensating the families of convicted murderers and terrorists.
'I signed an order today denying $165 million to the Palestinian Authority under the Taylor Force Act because of their funding of terror,' Pompeo said to applause, questioning whether Israel would have a partner at the negotiating table going forward, and comparing Hamas and the PA in unflattering terms..."