It's about time.
The UN is largely funded by the Western countries whose interests it works against while the rest of the democracy of dictatorships trades votes for benefits. The UN is deeply malignant and corrupt. And free nations ought to be defunding it.
After the shameful anti-Israel UN vote, Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that Israel will begin the process of defunding the UN.
Two countries with which we have diplomatic relations cosponsored the resolution against us at the UN; therefore, I ordered yesterday that our ambassadors be recalled from, Senegal and from New Zealand. I have ordered that all Israeli assistance to Senegal be halted, and there's more to come. Those who work with us will benefit because Israel has much to give to the countries of the world. But those who work against us will lose – because there will be a diplomatic and economic price for their actions against Israel. Additionally, I have instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete, within a month, a reassessment of all of our contacts with the UN, including Israeli financing of UN institutions and the presence of UN representatives in the country. But I am not waiting; already now I have ordered to halt approximately NIS 30 million in financing for five UN institutions, five UN bodies that are especially hostile to Israel. I have already ordered that this be stopped, and there is more to come.
Good.
It was ridiculous for Israel to be putting money into a body fundamentally hostile to it, whether it's Fatah or the UN. And there should be clear and defined consequences for organizations that engage in hostilities with other nations.