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White House Cuts Funding For U.N. Agency After Palestinian Vote

Posted By On Oct 31, 2011 America, News

The Obama administration cut off funding for the U.N. cultural agency on Monday, after its member countries defied an American warning and approved a Palestinian bid for full membership.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the vote triggered a long-standing congressional restriction on funding to U.N. bodies that recognize Palestine as a state before an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is reached. [...]

via Matzav.com – The Online Voice of Torah Jewry

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