U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Middle East subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives, has introduced a non-binding resolution to cut U.S. funding to the UN if it unilaterally approves a Palestinian Authority state.
The resolution calls on the Secretary of State to withdraw American funding for the UN General Assembly if it “adopts a resolution in favor of recognizing a state of Palestine outside of or prior to a final status agreement negotiated between, and acceptable to, the State of Israel and the Palestinians.”
Chabot’s measure has not yet garnered co-sponsors, but Chabot says he expects a “significant number” of his colleagues to support it when Congress returns to session next week.
Jonathan S. Tobin, editor of Commentary Magazine, wrote this week a strong endorsement of the resolution – but added that it should be merely “the first shot” fired in the struggle to ensure that the UN does not approve the controversial PA state.
Instead of simply “worrying about what will happen” in the UN General Assembly this September, Tobin writes, and instead of threatening only to veto the resolution, the U.S. must take concrete steps to make sure that the UN body does not approve a unilateral PA state. In addition to threaten to cut funding to the UN, Tobin states, the PA itself must be targeted:
“Congress should also be focusing on the fact that by signing a unity pact with the Hamas terrorists, the Palestinian Authority has rendered itself ineligible for the hundreds of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars that it continues to receive.”
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The resolution calls on the Secretary of State to withdraw American funding for the UN General Assembly if it “adopts a resolution in favor of recognizing a state of Palestine outside of or prior to a final status agreement negotiated between, and acceptable to, the State of Israel and the Palestinians.”
Chabot’s measure has not yet garnered co-sponsors, but Chabot says he expects a “significant number” of his colleagues to support it when Congress returns to session next week.
Jonathan S. Tobin, editor of Commentary Magazine, wrote this week a strong endorsement of the resolution – but added that it should be merely “the first shot” fired in the struggle to ensure that the UN does not approve the controversial PA state.
Instead of simply “worrying about what will happen” in the UN General Assembly this September, Tobin writes, and instead of threatening only to veto the resolution, the U.S. must take concrete steps to make sure that the UN body does not approve a unilateral PA state. In addition to threaten to cut funding to the UN, Tobin states, the PA itself must be targeted:
“Congress should also be focusing on the fact that by signing a unity pact with the Hamas terrorists, the Palestinian Authority has rendered itself ineligible for the hundreds of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars that it continues to receive.”
IsraelNationalNews
non binding = doesn't count and didn't happen.
ReplyDeleteLast time I checked Hamas won in a free & democratic election. Don't get sour grapes because "our guy" didn't win. Who are we to deem one a terrorist/freedom fighter? When the IRA was gun touting and Sinn Fein started having legislative power, did we continue to refer to them as terrorists? At some point, a rebellion/freedom fighter/terrorist has to go from fighting on the field, to maturing into a political power, if they ever actually are trying to attain something larger. Hamas is doing that, albeit they still are in the developmental phase. Why do we continue to refer to Abbas as the Palestinian President, his term ended in January 2009! Yet, he unilaterally extends it to no end, and the morons in the White House greet him as "President". Laughable.
ReplyDeleteThis is not about who 'won' an election, 3:01.
ReplyDeleteIt's about the declaration of a Palestinian state without negotiations between the affected parties.
The Palestinians refuse to negotiate in good faith.
So, let's reward that and give them what they want (even though they CONSISTENTLY refuse to accept Israel's sovereignty).
The UN is a joke anyway. It would be a good excuse to pull the plug.
443-When has either side negotiated in good faith? I'm not pro-palestine, nor pro-israel. I'm not a fan of a panel of international judges "deeming" who gets statehood. That goes for Israel's "sovereignty", and Palestine. No international body should have the right to "create" a state when the deem it to be done. Not in Israels' case. Not in Palestines' case. I'm no fan of the UN(which I also detest and believe we should pull the plug on the pyramid scheme).
ReplyDeleteI'm with 5:06. Pull out of the U.N. immediately and let it go down in flames without our funding.
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