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Jewish-French Candidate Audrey Azoulay wins vote to be next UNESCO chief
One day after U.S. said it was leaving the United Nations’ cultural agency (UNESCO) due to its anti-Israel bias. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately following a similar announcement More...
US to withdraw from UNESCO in December, cites ‘anti-Israel bias’
The US State Department announced Thursday that the United States would withdraw from UNESCO following disagreements over its policies and its attitude toward Israel. US seeks to establish a permanent observer More...
UNESCO declares Cave of the Patriarchs as Palestinian World Heritage Site
The Heritage Committee of the UN’s Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted on Friday a Palestinian request to declare Hebron’s Old City—and with it the Cave of the More...
UNESCO set to vote on resolution rejecting Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem
Jews praying at the Western Wall – Israel- Jerusalem (Photo BonfilsSWNS.com) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is set to vote on Tuesday, Israel’s Independence More...
UNESCO second resolution in two weeks ignoring Jewish ties to Jerusalem holy sites
The UNESCO resolution on Wednesday morning ignores again the 3, 000-year-old Jewish link to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and the Western Wall, the Judaism’s holiest sites, with 10 votes YEA, More...
UNESCO officially adopts controversial Jerusalem resolution
UNESCO‘s executive board formally adopted a controversial resolution Tuesday morning which Israel has said denies the deep historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem—and that has angered Israel’s More...
Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO over Jerusalem draft
Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO on Friday, a day after the UN cultural agency adopted a draft resolution that Israel says denies the deep, historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem. UNESCO’s More...
UNESCO Rewrites Jerusalem’s History, Erasing Jewish Ties to Temple Mount
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday has passed a resolution denying any Judaism’s historic connection to the Temple Mount and Western Wall More...
Jerusalem asks Holy See for help with UNESCO vote on Jerusalem
In an unusual move, Israel has sought the Holy See’s help in forestalling UNESCO’s adopting a Palestinian recommendation to deny any Jewish affiliation with Jerusalem and the Temple Mount Thursday More...