Palestinian Pretext

Disbelief in the existence of human-influenced climate change is behind three Republican senators' legislative proposal to block funding of United Nations programs to address that environmental challenge.

Senators James Inhofe of Oklahoma, David Vitter of Louisiana, and John Barrasso of Wyoming are using Palestinian participation in the UN course of action as a pretext to quash our fiscal contribution. The senators cite a law banning our government from financing any UN agency that has a member we do not recognize as a sovereign state--in this case Palestine.

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