WASHINGTON — Support for Palestine at the UN has emerged as a behind-the-scenes stumbling block as House and Senate spending bill negotiators hurtle toward a Dec. 11 deadline to fund the government.
At issue is a $700,000 subsidy for UNESCO's World Heritage program that's included in the bill that Senate appropriators passed in June. House members say the proposal violates a decades-old law that prohibits funds for any organization that recognizes Palestine as a state and have promised to block it.
