The Palestinian Authority has formally requested statehood with the United Nations (U.N.) – an unprecedented act that violates international law and previous peace agreements with Israel. The terrorist group, Hamas, whose stated mission is the destruction of Israel, leads the Palestinian government.

The ACLJ is defending Israel on multiple fronts. We have already deployed legal and legislative teams across the globe to support Israel – to urge President Obama to use the United States' veto authority in the U.N. Security Council to block any form of statehood to the Palestinian Authority. Over 60,000 of you joined us in this effort last week!

Now it is time for Phase 2. The ACLJ is working with Congress, supporting legislation in both the House and Senate to defund the United Nations if the Palestinian Authority is granted statehood. The U.S. gave over $7 billion to the U.N. last year and billions more every year -- nearly a quarter of the United Nation’s budget. It's time to pull to the plug on U.S. taxpayer funds for the U.N. and countries that support unilateral statehood.

Add your name to our petition to Congress. The message - simple and direct: If you grant Palestinian statehood, you lose U.S. funding.

Petition to Defund the United Nations and Protect Israel

To: President Obama, Every Member of the United States House & Senate

The Palestinian Authority is pushing ahead for statehood from the United Nations, despite the fact that such a request violates the U.N. charter, international law, and previous peace agreements with Israel. The United States’ greatest ally in the Middle East is Israel. We must stand with our ally in this critical moment.

If the Palestinian Authority is granted statehood recognition by the United Nations, rather than through negotiated peace with Israel, the United States must take action. Several Members of the House and Senate have introduced legislation to stop giving the billions of dollars a year -- $7 billion last year alone – of taxpayer funds to the United Nations.

I urge you to pass and sign into law that the United States will no longer fund the United Nations if the Palestinian Authority is unilaterally granted statehood recognition.