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Israel backs US for slashing UN funding

After the US announced it will cut funding for the notoriously anti-Israel UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, an Israeli official offered full support for the move.

WATCH: Is Russia capable of pushing Iran out of Syria?

Joel Rubin, a former high-ranking official in the US State Department, posits that contrary to Russia's claims that it is incapable of removing Iran from Syria, Moscow has the leverage required to address the Iranian presence near Israel's border.