well let's get more on this knowledge on by hal al-kindi an arlington virginia he's a fellow at the brookings institution who previously served as an advisor to the palestine liberation organization very good to have you with us on al-jazeera and so what impact is the closing of the peerless office going to have on the palestinian leadership and its activities in the u.s. . well i think. in all likelihood this step was probably anticipated by the p.l.o. leadership in golmaal law and as the report just mentioned the palestinian representative here in washington was recalled in may i think you've been many steps that. the trumpet ministration has taken since recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and since then we've seen cuts and palestinian aid attempts to redefine under was mandate and qualifies as a palestinian refugee these are all very serious. decisions taken by the administration and i believe that he will be the ship was probably anticipating this what what it will likely do is is cement the decision of mahmoud abbas his leadership against. any inclination of going back to an americ