US senator Lindsey Graham has threatened to introduce a measure in Congress to pull funding for the United Nations unless the Security Council repeals a resolution it passed last week condemning Israeli settlement construction as illegal. “It’s that important to me,” Graham, a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, told CNN. Just spoke with the PM of Israel Benjamin @Netanyahu. I let him know many Members of Congress will push back hard against this UN outrage. — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2016 Ted Cruz is also calling for America to end financial support for the United Nations unless the vote is repealed. Press TV reports: “This is a road we haven’t gone down before. If you can’t show the American people that international organizations can be more responsible, there is going to be a break. And I am going to lead that break.” “I will do everything in my power, working with the new administration and Congress, to leave no doubt about where America stands when it comes to the peace process and where we stand with the only true democracy in the Middle East, Israel,” the South Carolina Republican added. In a major rebuke to Israel, the [...]
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