{"id":54186,"date":"2017-07-21T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=54186"},"modified":"2017-07-21T07:43:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T05:43:05","slug":"27-05-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=54186","title":{"rendered":"Strict Restrictions on US Funding for UN and Palestinian Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>House Committee Approves Strict Restrictions on US Funding for UN and Palestinian Authority<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ben Cohen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The House Appropriations Committee is placing tough funding restrictions on the UN and the PA. Photo: File.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Tough conditions on American funding for both the UN and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have been approved by the congressional committee overseeing the US Foreign Operations Bill for 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bill \u2014 passed by the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday \u2014 places strict restrictions on how the $47.4 billion budget for overseas operations will be disbursed.<\/span><\/p>\n

A statement from the committee confirmed that there will be \u201cno funding for the (UN) Human Rights Council unless the Secretary of State determines that it is in the national security interest and the Council stops its anti-Israel agenda and increases transparency in the elections of its members.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned back in March that US funding of the council would be terminated if it continued with \u201cits biased agenda against Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe bill also prohibits funds for UN organizations headed by countries that support terrorism, and withholds a portion of funds for the UN and international organizations until transparency and accountability measures are met,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n

In its accompanying report, the committee drew specific attention to the anti-Zionist infrastructure within the UN\u2019s own secretariat. It said it \u201cstrongly endorses the Department of State\u2019s withholding of a proportionate share of the costs to such UN entities deemed to be anti-Israeli.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The committee also asked for an annual report on the activities of the UN agencies promoting anti-Zionist propaganda, such as the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) and the body that services it, the Division for Palestinian Rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gil Kapen \u2014 a former congressional staffer with extensive knowledge of the UN\u2019s internal workings \u2014 told The Algemeiner on Thursday that \u201cit\u2019s certainly a positive thing that these institutions are having a spotlight focused on them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully this kind of attention will continue so that they can be eventually eliminated, because they constitute a propaganda apparatus that seeks to delegitimize Israel and is an obstacle to attaining peace in the Middle East,\u201d Kapen \u2014 who now serves as an expert with the American Jewish International Relations Institute (AJIRI) \u2014 said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill \u201cmaintains restrictions on the PA,\u201d including a requirement to reduce funds to the Palestinians by an amount \u201cequivalent to that expended by the PA as payments to prisoners that committed acts of terrorism,\u201d the committee noted. It reiterated that funding will be cut off \u201cif there is a Palestinian government formed through an agreement with Hamas or if the Palestinians are not acting to counter incitement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill also contains a provision that would restrict Palestinian diplomatic representation in the US in the event that the PA initiates an International Criminal Court investigation against Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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