UNESCO Palestine decision sets off U.S.-U.N. confrontation

The move to admit Palestine as a member state triggers laws that bar the U.S. from funding any U.N. body that makes that move. The cutoff deprives UNESCO of 22% of its funding. A decision by the United Nations' cultural organization to admit Palestine as a member state set off a confrontation between the U.S.

and the U.N., threatening to strip Washington of influence in several key international