"In response to the U.N.'s recent resolution condemning Israel, a major effort is under way to urge the U.S. to withdraw its funding of the global body, with some critics even calling for complete withdrawal and the expulsion of U.N. headquarters from American soil.
It would clearly be a major blow to the U.N., as more than 22 percent of its budget comes from the U.S.
The calls for defunding began when the Obama administration refused to use its veto power to block the U.N. Security Council's Dec. 24 resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem..."