The U.N. General Assembly is probably going to pass a resolution giving the Palestinian Authority official recognition akin to membership in the international organization tomorrow. That’s going to dramatically increase the likelihood that the U.S. enacts steep cuts to its funding for the U.N., whether that decision comes from Congress or a future president.
A pretty clear-cut majority of members of the body despise Israel and seek to promote an independent Palestinian state separately from a peace process that sidelines Hamas. America can, of course, veto efforts at the Security Council cementing Palestinian statehood at the U.N.; it did that just last month. But members have found a workaround: They are convening an emergency session of the General Assembly tomorrow to vote on a resolution for de facto Palestinian membership. It’s almost certain to pass.
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