Tag: US: Withdrawal From UNESCO

NOVANEWS US Withdrawal From UNESCO: The Problematic History of US Legislation on Israel and Palestine By Carly A. Krakow, Truthout  A picture taken on October 12, 2017 shows the flags flying in front of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. The United States said on October 12, 2017, that it was pulling out of the UN's culture and education body, accusing it of "anti-Israel bias" in a move that underlines Washington's drift away from international institutions. (Photo: Jacques Demarthon / AFP / Getty Images) The October 12 announcement that the US will withdraw from UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a shortsighted, damaging and hyperbolic move from the Trump administration,...