table. i tell you up front. we give them tremendous amounts, hundreds of millions of dollars a year. that money is on the table. because why should we do that as a country if they re doing nothing for us? try to break that down. why should we do that for them? if they re doing nothing for us? is that a misunderstanding about what this u.n. refugee aid is? it s pretty easy to break down. it s basically, indeed, a threat to pull the plug. it s not just the refugee money. he s talking about assistance to the palestinians in general. and it does feel like we re in a pivot point in the president s middle east policy for a year, he was really teeing up this ultimate deal he wanted to pursue and trying even to find some balance between the israelis and palestinians as a prerequisick wiquisite for brok deal. now he seems to have thrown in the towel on that and said, forget it. i m choosing sides. i m backing israel 100% totally