"The United Nations is being accused of funding illegal infrastructure projects for Palestinians in an area where Israel exercises exclusive functional control as envisioned by current peace agreements.
Fox News was told that the world body has simply bypassed the legal permitting process to fund the projects.
The allegations come in a week when U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres criticized Israel in remarks for undermining prospects for 'a viable, contiguous Palestinian state,' due to, among other things, settlement building in the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria.
While the U.N. condemns Israel for what it calls illegal settlement building, critics accuse the world body of hypocrisy.
Regavim, an Israeli organization that describes itself as being dedicated to the protection of Israel's natural resources, told Fox News that it had exposed at least five illegal projects built with U.N. funding since last year. A few years ago, the same organization exposed the U.N. for illegal building at the headquarters of a U.N. agency in Jerusalem.
Naomi Kahn, the group's international spokesperson, told Fox News that the U.N. has violated international law and the Oslo Accords for years by 'pouring millions of dollars into projects that support the Palestinian Authority's systematic program to unilaterally establish a state.' ..."