Posted on 01/13/2017 7:18:51 AM PST by Cheerio
On Thursday, Republican Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced legislation that would defund the United Nations over the Security Council’s passage of UN Resolution 2334, which calls Israeli construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem “illegal.”
The “Safeguard Israel Act” states that the U.S. government will be prohibited from giving any money to the UN, or any of its affiliates, until President Barack Obama confirms the UN resolution has been repealed and can certify that he has done so. America provides the UN with 22 percent of its budget, contributing $8 billion to the largely anti-Israel organization annually.
“United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 falsely claims that Israel’s sovereignty over the eastern part of Jerusalem and Jewish communities in the West Bank are illegal under international law, and that the Old City of Jerusalem, along with the Temple Mount, the holiest site for the Jewish people, and the Western Wall are ‘occupied Palestinian territory,'” the Safeguard Israel Act states.
The December 23 anti-Israel resolution 2334 passed nearly unanimously despite the Obama administration’s decision to break with tradition and abstain from voting instead of vetoing it. Because the United States is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, an American veto would have automatically stopped the resolution and prevented it from passing.
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That had BETTER get 100% R support!
I have no problem accurately labeling anyone who doesn’t vote aye as an antisemite, R or D.
We need to just get out. It’s become an anti Israel anti US organization that we are funding
Defund? Just GTFO.
I agree. Withdrawal and evict.
I never thought I’d live to see the day.
MAGA
ping!
It’s about time. That sinkhole has been nothing but a thorn in the side of the US. The UN solution to everything, from Korea to Vietnam, is to divide the dispute in half. This has always created two problems from the original one. And to all of you UNICEF donors, get their pamphlets, read them, and see if you really support what they are about.
http://shiratdevorah.blogspot.com/2011/01/time-to-take-stand.html
Defund and VETO every resolution that goes thru the UN and cause them chaos.
Why are they passing these now while Zero is still in charge? Doesn’t he still have time to veto?
Absolutely correct. Get it OUT of and OFF of our soil......Needs to be in Europe, somewhere like Sweden sounds right.
Defund it and shut it down. It’s on US soil. Just do it!
Just introduced in the Senate. They won’t vote until after noon next Friday
No send it to Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic. Isolated and British! They will all be bored and it will close down on its own.
I have A Great Big Smile.
No. We don’t want to leave. It is too dangerous to us without our permanent veto.
Step 1) Defund. Not another dime to them.
Step 2) Use our veto power to stop every resolution....from the highest levels all the way down to pay increases for the janitor.
Veto. Veto. Veto. Stop them from doing ANYTHING! This would eventually kill the UN. They can’t kick us out...we would veto that.
Stop them by holding back money and vetoing everything they bring up. Just squeeze the air and blood out of them.
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