U.N. document said to be funding Palestinian legal action against Israel may run afoul of U.S. policy

"A U.S. official has called parts of a United Nations framework document aimed at helping the Palestinians gain statehood, as another example of 'inherent anti-Israel bias in the U.N. system.'

Critics say the document will help fund legal action against Israel and is against a U.S. policy that is committed to preventing international de-legitimization campaigns against Israel.

The document in question is the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for the state of Palestine 2018-2022, which has an estimated budget of around $1.3 billion. The money will be earmarked to help finance the political and social infrastructure needed to build a functioning democratic state.

Speaking on background, a U.S. official told Fox News that while the U.S. will continue its support for Palestinian economic development, there were some reservations.

'We are deeply troubled by the framework's undue focus on Israel. We intend to raise our concerns with the appropriate U.N. offices.'

The official added, 'We are disappointed that the U.N. Country Team intends to dedicate $18 million of resources over the next five years to projects that could be misused to politicize international legal venues. This is yet another example of the inherent anti-Israel bias in the U.N. system. We hope that this does not accurately reflect the scope and intent of the U.N. projects the document purports to correlate.'..."