US Withdraws from UNESCO, Cites ‘Continuing Anti-Israel Bias’

US Withdraws from UNESCO, Cites ‘Continuing Anti-Israel Bias’

The United States and Israel have declared they are officially withdrawing from UNESCO, the UN’s cultural body which the US helped found in 1945, citing a distortion of history and bias against Israel. The US is to depart on December 31, the State Department said. “This decision was not taken lightly, and reflects US concerns…

The Story Behind the Jerusalem Attack: How Trump and Netanyahu Pushed Palestinians to a Corner

The Story Behind the Jerusalem Attack: How Trump and Netanyahu Pushed Palestinians to a Corner

Early October 2016, Misbah Abu Sbeih left his wife and five children at home and then drove to an Israeli police station in Occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The 39-year-old Jerusalemite was scheduled to hand himself over to serve a term of 4 months in jail for, allegedly, trumped up charges of ‘trying to hit an Israeli soldier’….

Abraham, Izzy and Bibi

Abraham, Izzy and Bibi

The whole thing could have been a huge practical joke, if it had not been real. All of Israel was taken in. Left, right and center. All the newspapers and TV networks, without exception. There it was: UNESCO has declared that the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron is a Palestinian heritage site. I admit that…

Trump and Clinton Blast UNESCO Statement on Jerusalem

Trump and Clinton Blast UNESCO Statement on Jerusalem

Israel is clashing with a United Nations body tasked with honoring heritage sites after it passed a draft resolution harshly critical of Israel as the “occupying power” over Jerusalem, and both US presidential campaigns joined in rejection. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed especially harsh words yesterday, dubbing the document submitted by the United Nations Educational,…