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July 3, 2023       Share:    

Source: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/culture/1688131924-unesco-says-u-s-rejoins-body-reversing-withdrawal-over-anti-israel-bias

UNESCO Says U.S. Rejoins Body, Reversing Withdrawal over Anti-Israel Bias

(i24News) The UN's cultural agency UNESCO on Friday said the United States had rejoined the body, five years after it withdrew over claims of anti-Israel bias. Former U.S. president Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he was pulling out of UNESCO alongside Israel, accusing the body of bias against the Jewish state, a decision that took effect in 2018. The pullout followed two Arab-sponsored resolutions adopted by UNESCO, which were critical of Israel. Washington at the time accused UNESCO of having an "anti-Israel bias" while Netanyahu slammed UNESCO for becoming "the theater of the absurd."

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