黑利：巴勒斯坦不認真對待和平進程

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.美國駐聯合國大使黑利星期三表示，巴勒斯坦權力機構不認真對待中東和平進程，並警告說，如果他們不採取行動參與談判，美國未來可能會停止提供有關經費。

她在接受美國之音專訪的時候說：“我們不會獎勵不當行爲。”

美國總統川普2017年12月6日決定承認耶路撒冷是以色列首都，並將美國大使館遷到那裏。之後，巴勒斯坦權力機構主席阿巴斯說，美國不能再擔當調停者的角色。

星期二，美國國務院宣佈，原定2018年撥付給聯合國近東巴勒斯坦難民救濟和工程處(UNRWA)的1億2千5百萬美元中的6500萬美元將暫時不予支付。

美國去年向這個聯合國機構提供了3億6400萬美元的經費，是該機構最大的捐助者。