Dear MEL Topic Readers,
US withdraws from UNESCO over 'anti-Israel bias'
Another “out” by the U.S., after TPP, NAFTA, Paris Agreement, and Iran Nuclear accord. This time, from one of the key bodies of the UN, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known as the UNESCO.
The US has been very unhappy with the decision by the UNESCO in July to list the Tomb of the Patriarchs a World Heritage Site. The compound, also called the Cave of the Patriarchs (Cave of the Double Tombs), is a burial chamber for the early biblical Patriarchs; Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is highly revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The tomb compound is located in the ancient city of Hebron, a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, a very complex town controlled by the Palestinians and administered by Israel.
The US also was dissatisfied with the UNESCO’s move to grant Palestinian a full membership in 2011 and has been suspending the due payment ever since.
Now the powerful and influential nation says it withdraws from the UNESCO. This another quit announcement has shaken the organization, the UN and the whole world except Israel, which immediately followed the US’s move.
Enjoy reading and learning why this place is so sensitive and also why the US is so unhappy with the UNESCO.
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