Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz team up to defund UN over Israel vote

Source: Washington Examiner | January 12, 2017 | Kyle Feldscher

The United States taxpayer must stop paying into the United Nations until it reverses its vote condemning Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, two top senators said Thursday.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appeared together on MSNBC about a new bill introduced Thursday that would block taxpayer dollars from going toward the U.N. Graham said the resolution passed last month, which the United States abstained from, was a step too far in attacking Israel and it must be undone.

“Twenty-two percent of the money to fund the U.N. comes from the American taxpayer. I don’t think it’s a good investment for the American taxpayer to give money to an organization that condemns the only democracy in the Middle East,” he said.

Reports indicate the U.S. gives about $8 billion to the U.N. every year in voluntary and mandatory payments.

Cruz announced his intention to come up with such a bill shortly after the December vote, and he slammed the Obama administration for not standing up to the U.N.

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