«Israel» Halts $6 Million to UN to Protest Settlements Vote

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The "Israeli" entity announced Friday it was cutting approximately $6 million in its annual dues to the United Nations [UN] this year to protest last month's Security Council resolution condemning illegal "Israeli" settlements as "a flagrant violation under international law."

The "Israeli" entity's UN Mission said the amount represents the portion of the entity's contribution to the UN's regular budget totaling more than $40 million allocated "to anti-‘Israel' bodies."

It named the UN agency for Palestinian refugees known as UNRWA, The Division for Palestinian Rights, the committee investigating "Israeli" practices affecting Palestinian human rights, and information programs on "the Question of Palestine."

"It is unreasonable for ‘Israel' to fund bodies that operate against us at the UN," the "Israeli" entity's UN Ambassador Danny Danon said. "The UN must end the absurd reality in which it supports bodies whose sole intent is to spread incitement and anti-‘Israel' propaganda."

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, asked to comment, said: "We have not been informed."

The "Israeli" entity's UN Mission said the cut in funding is the first in a series of steps under consideration by the so-called "Israeli" Foreign Ministry and the mission in reaction to the recent Security Council resolution.

The Obama administration's decision to abstain and allow the UN Security Council to approve a long-sought resolution condemning "Israeli" settlements as an obstacle to a "two-state" solution was a sharp rebuke to a longstanding ally and a striking rupture with past US vetoes.

The entity's UN Mission said it will move forward on additional initiatives "aimed at encouraging structural change within the UN with the ultimate goal of ending anti-‘Israel' activities" after Donald Trump becomes president of the United States on Jan. 20.

The president-elect had criticized President Barack Obama's green light for the Security Council condemnation.

On Thursday, the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan resolution rebuking the UN for criticizing illegal "Israeli" settlements and declaring unwavering support for the "Israeli" entity.

The non-binding resolution insists that the US reject any future UN actions that are similarly "one-sided and anti-‘Israel'."

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