According to a report by Reuters, on Tuesday, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said that US President Donald Trump's decision to halt funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA was an attack on international law. Maliki reportedly said, “The U.S. administration has begun to attack the rights of the Palestinian people and international law." Reuters reports that the decision by the U.S. has further strained tensions between the Trump administration and Palestinian leadership.