美国驻联合国大使黑利星期三表示，巴勒斯坦权力机构不认真对待中东和平进程，并警告说，如果他们不采取行动参与谈判，美国未来可能会停止提供有关经费。
她在接受美国之音专访的时候说：“我们不会奖励不当行为。”
美国总统川普2017年12月6日决定承认耶路撒冷是以色列首都，并将美国大使馆迁到那里。之后，巴勒斯坦权力机构主席阿巴斯说，美国不能再担当调停者的角色。
星期二，美国国务院宣布，原定2018年拨付给联合国近东巴勒斯坦难民救济和工程处(UNRWA)的1亿2千5百万美元中的6500万美元将暂时不予支付。
美国去年向这个联合国机构提供了3亿6400万美元的经费，是该机构最大的捐助者。
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Wednesday the Palestinian Authority is “not serious” about the peace process and threatened to withhold future funding if they do not move toward talks.
“We are not going to reward bad behavior,” Haley said during an exclusive interview with VOA.
Following President Donald Trump’s December 6 decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S. embassy there, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the U.S. could no longer be a mediator.
On Tuesday, the State Department announced that it is withholding $65 million dollars from its initial 2018 contribution of $125 million to the U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA.
Last year, Washington contributed $364 million to UNRWA, making it the agency’s top donor.