Posts Tagged: UNESCO
Thank Goodness We’re Done With UNESCO
JNS.org - Thank God, it’s over. When 2018 ended, Israel’s withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) took effect. Don’t feel bad....
Maybe UNESCO Will ‘Learn a Lesson’ From US and Israeli Withdrawals, Ex-Envoy Says
"Maybe they will learn a lesson," a former Israeli ambassador to UNESCO told The Algemeiner on Tuesday as the Jewish state officially left the global cultural institution. David Kornbluth...
With Anti-Israel Resolutions, UNESCO ‘Fiddling in the Chamber While the Middle East Burns,’ Jewish Human Rights Advocate Says
An official with a prominent US-based Jewish human rights group has criticized UNESCO over two anti-Israel resolutions set to be discussed on Wednesday by the...
New Film Beautifully Showcases Jerusalem Archaeology to Rebut Historical Revisionism
Pierre Rehov's beautiful new film, "Unveiling Jerusalem," shines a spotlight on the city's architectural wonders and amazing recent archaeological finds. Even more importantly, it exposes...
On the Trail of Japanese Holocaust-Era Hero Chiune Sugihara
A picturesque hilltop in the rustic countryside of central Japan’s Gifu Prefecture is the last place one might expect to hear Hebrew. But at the...
How UNESCO Encourages Antisemitism
JNS.org - In October, the US State Department notified the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that America would be withdrawing from the...
Report: Mexico Will Stop Voting in Favor of Palestinians at UN
Mexico will stop voting in favor of the Palestinians at United Nations institutions, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has reported. According to the report, Mexican Foreign...
It’s Time to Get Tough on US Allies at the UN
JNS.org - The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is one shot across the UN’s bow. And UNESCO...
UN Is No Longer Home Court of the Palestinians, Israeli Envoy Says
Israel’s situation at the United Nations is slowly improving, the Jewish state’s envoy to the global intergovernmental body said in an interview published by the...
New French Jewish Leader Brings Hope of Change to UNESCO
JNS.org - The election of the first Jewish director-general of UNESCO -- French politician Audrey Azoulay -- is raising hopes that she might return the organization to its original mission. In recent...
Alan Dershowitz: Trump Did the Right Thing by Walking Away From UNESCO — for Now
This article was first published by Gatestone Institute. The State Department announced on Thursday that the United States would be withdrawing from the UN agency UNESCO,...
Israeli Muslim Zionist Activist Castigates UNESCO Over Hebron Vote
An Israeli Muslim Zionist activist took UNESCO to task on Wednesday over its move last week to designate the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron as...
Haifa Residents Demand Renaming of ‘UNESCO Square for Tolerance and Peace’ After Hebron Vote
Some residents of Haifa are calling on their municipal government to change the name of a city square named after the UN cultural agency that...
Is UNESCO’s Denial of Israel’s Ties to Jewish Heritage Sites Irrelevant?
JNS.org - For most countries, UNESCO is a relatively innocuous organization -- dedicated to preserving some of humanity’s most important cultural treasures, as well as promoting scientific and...
