Press TV - The Palestinian Authority has hit out at�the US administration's��blind bias towards false perceptions� in the Middle East, accusing�Washington of following a policy of blackmail.

The US administration recently adopted a series of�punitive measures against Palestinians, blocking�money to millions of refugees in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip.

�The American perception of matters reflects an irresponsible policy that will lead to a destructive void and pose a real danger to the international legal system,��Palestinian Authority�spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Saturday.

The official took aim at US presidential adviser�Jared Kushner, saying his claims that the punitive measures would not hurt chances for a peace deal in the Middle East showed his ignorance.

Kushner told�The New York Times on Friday�that President Donald Trump had actually improved the chances for peace by blocking the aid and�stripping�away �false realities� in the occupied territories.

Kushner also defended Trump�s decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the so-called capital of Israel and relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the extremely sensitive city.

"There were too many false realities that were created � that people worship � that I think needed to be changed,� Kushner said.

�All we�re doing is dealing with things as we see them and not being scared out of doing the right thing. I think, as a result, you have a much higher chance of actually achieving a real peace,� he added.

Abu Rudeineh said Kushner's statements "stem from ignorance of the reality of the conflict� between Israel and the Palestinians who are pushing for an independent state�with Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.
�The statements are also an attempt at deception and falsification of the special history of al-Quds�and its Islamic and Christian holy sites. The US administration�s positions have poisoned Palestinian-American relations,� he added.
Abu Rudeineh said that there can be no peace without a Palestinian state, with East al-Quds becoming its�capital�on the basis of UN and Arab summit resolutions about the Middle East�conflict.

The spokesman said Washington's efforts to deny�the historic and religious truths of the Palestinian people will place the region in a windward, but that Palestinians are determined�to thwart �all conspiracies.�

Palestinians,�Abu Rudeineh said, will �not succumb to pressure or sanctions or any policy of blackmail.�

The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry also hit out at Kushner and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, saying they were �wasting their time in writing short �idiotic statements� on social media that illustrate their total ignorance� of Palestinians and the conflict.

The ministry said what�the US administration needs now is to intervene and stop Israel from�demolishing�the Bedouin shantytown of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank.

"We believe that neither Kushner nor�Greenblatt�would have the guts to take such a step because that would contravene with their hostile positions towards the rights of our people,� the ministry said.