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President Trump Defunds All UN Bodies Who Recognize the Palestinian Authority or PLO

Valerie Locke : Jan 26, 2017
Breaking Israel News

Other international bodies and programs which recognize the Palestinians will also be targeted.

airlift(Washington, DC)—[BIN] President Donald Trump has signed an executive order halting all US funding to United Nations agencies which recognize the Palestinian Authority (PA) or Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as a full member, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Other international bodies and programs which recognize the Palestinians will also be targeted. (Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90/via Breaking Israel News)

The order, entitled "Auditing and Reducing U.S. Funding of International Organizations," will create a committee tasked with investigating U.S. aid to all international programs and determining if the organizations meet the criteria for defunding. The review process will result in either a drastic reduction or complete cutting of monies to agencies which violate that criteria.

Along with giving full membership to the PA or PLO, agencies will also be defunded for supporting reproductive rights or engaging in activities which violate international sanctions against Iran or North Korea.

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