Even before the US cuts, the UN had issued a $540 million appeal for financial assistance to the Palestinians, 75% of which was for Gaza projects, Mladenov said.“The appeal is less than 29% funded, one of the most poorly funded in the world,” he explained.The UN diplomat worked intensely over the summer on behalf of a larger cease-fire deal that would halt violence between Hamas and Israel, and allow for the return of Fatah to Gaza. Hamas kicked Fatah out of Gaza in a bloody coup in 2007, and all efforts to return Fatah to Gaza, have failed.Mladenov gave summary reports on Israeli-Palestinian violence, including along the Gaza border and in the West Bank.Included in his report was a three month update on Israeli compliance with UN Security Council resolution 2334, which called for a complete halt to all settlement activity and to Jewish building in east Jerusalem.Mladenov’s report noted the obvious: “No steps have been taken during the reporting period to ‘cease all settlement activities.’”He listed continued settlement activity such as the advancement of plans for 2,800 housing units, including 1,100 tenders. In addition, he said, a tender was issued for 603 Jewish homes in Jerusalem’s Ramat Shlomo neighborhood.Mladenov also took issue with Israeli demotion and seizure of illegal Palestinian and Bedouin structures in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, noting that it was almost impossible for Palestinians and Bedouin in that area to obtain building permits.He continued to warn Israel against the pending demolition of the Bedouin herding village of Khan al-Ahmar, located just outside of the Kfar Adumim settlement.“Demolitions undermine the prospects for a two-state solution and are in violation of international law,” he said.