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Israel welcomes U.S. exit from UNESCO, citing longstanding bias

Pesach Benson — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:58:32 +0000

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday praised President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed the move in a statement, saying, “UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s sustainable development […]

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Israel angered as UNESCO designates Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site in ‘Palestine’

TPS-IL — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:57:38 +0000

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Sunday to recognize ancient ruins near Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Sunday to recognize ancient ruins near Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.” The Tel-Jericho site, also known […]

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UNESCO prepares to label biblical Jericho sites as ‘Palestinian’

TPS-IL — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 02:39:56 +0000

Likud lawmaker Dan Illouz sent a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay asking her to prevent ancient Jericho from being listed as in the “State of Palestine.” Illouz, a member of the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus, wrote the letter in response to what he said was the intention of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee […]

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EU officials squabble over conditions for Palestinian aid

Ariel Kahana — Tue, 16 May 2023 22:55:09 +0000

A rare public clash between EU officials took place in recent days after the 27-member body announced unprecedented measures to potentially cut aid to the Palestinian Authority over its incitement to terrorism. Last Wednesday, the European Parliament declared that the €300 million (A$487 million) per year it gives to Ramallah are set to be conditioned […]

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A lot is in a name, actually

David Cumin — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:52:48 +0000

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet;” so says an iconic line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. While the sentiment that names are unimportant is enticing, the reality is that these star-crossed lovers’ names are deeply important. So, too, are the names we bestow on other things.

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U.S. and Israel quit over UNESCO’s love affair with “Palestine”

David Singer — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:44:31 +0000

David Singer: UNESCO’s decision to admit “Palestine” as a member state in 2011 in breach of UNESCO’s own Constitution has come back to bite UNESCO with a vengeance – with America and Israel both quitting their membership of UNESCO on 31 December 2018.

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The hope of change at UNESCO lies with new French Jewish leader

Sean Savage - JNS.org — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 22:49:59 +0000

The election of the first Jewish director-general of the United Nations cultural body UNESCO, French politician Audrey Azoulay, is raising hope that with her background and political experience, she could return the organisation to its original mission.

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President Trump did the right thing by walking away from UNESCO

Alan Dershowitz — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:18:31 +0000

The State Department announced on Thursday that the United States would be withdrawing from the UN agency UNESCO, citing financial reasons, the need for reform and the body’s “continuing anti-Israel bias”...writes Alan M. Dershowitz.

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America and Israel quit UNESCO over “Palestine” fiasco

David Singer — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:25:52 +0000

UNESCO’s decision to admit “Palestine” as a member state in 2011 in apparent breach of UNESCO’s own Constitution has come back to bite UNESCO with a vengeance – as America and Israel now give formal notice of their intention to quit UNESCO on 31 December 2018...writes David Singer.

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WJC Urges UN Body to focus on its Core Mandate

Agencies — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:12:38 +0000

Following the U.S. and Israel governments’ announcements this week that the two countries intend to withdraw from UNESCO, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder urged the United Nations body “to focus on its core mandate rather than addressing political matters that fall outside the organisation’s purview.”

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