In the car today on the way home I heard on the news that UNESCO, which is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted 107 to 14 in favor of a resolution that would recognize and permit Palestine to become a member of their body.
It is not surprising to learn that the US was one of the 14 countries that voted against such an action.
What was also not surprising was the fact that the US will now stop its payments to UNESCO, which comes to a total of $60 million dollars, one fifth of the organizations budget. I thought the government would move to cut funding as a way to try and establish control once again over the organization. But apparently, the reason for financial cut is because we have a law here in America that makes it illegal for us to give money to any UN body that recognizes Palestine as a member before a peace agreement with between them and Israel is established.
What possible benefit is there to a law like this one, except to black mail these UN bodies with the threat of loss of funds?
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