WASHINGTON – The United States and Israel have quit the United Nation’sEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The Trump administration filed its notice to withdraw in October 2017 andIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu followed suit. Both sides havebeen accusing UNESCO of being against Israel.
The withdrawal serves a new blow to UNESCO.
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However, it will not greatly impact UNESCO financially, since it has beendealing with a funding slash ever since 2011 when both Israel and the U.S.stopped paying dues after Palestine was voted in as a member state.
