US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: Independent
Author: Emily Shugerman
13 Oct 2017
US withdraws from Unesco over ‘anti-Israel bias’
The United States has withdrawn from Unesco over what it claims is the organisation’s “continuing anti-Israel bias” – a move that has just been followed by Israel itself. The US State Department recently announced its intention to withdraw from the UN’s cultural, scientific and educational organisation and become a permanent observer instead.