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The United States is withdrawing all of its support from UNESCO, the United Nation's "Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization," because of its anti-Israel bias, exhibited by its decision to claim Palestinian statehood.
The announcement was made by the U.S. State Department, in a statement from spokeswoman Tammy Bruce.
"UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our America First foreign policy," Bruce explained. "UNESCO's decision to admit the 'State of Palestine' as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization."
The end of the relationship between the two will happen at the end of 2026, the announcement said.
President Trump earlier pulled America out of the leftist agenda, in 2017, a decision based then on the group's anti-Israel bias. Joe Biden quickly had the country rejoin.
The Washington Examiner explained the move "is in line with Trump's executive order from February that called for a 90-day review of federal funding and involvement in the U.N., including UNESCO. The general review specifically probed 'any anti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment within the organization.'"
Further, the U.S. review of UNESCO confirmed it also held a pro-China bias and promoted leftist plans like "diversity, equity, and inclusion."
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay expressed disappointment.
UNESCO became part of the discussion earlier, when Trump announced he was pulling American support from the U.N. Human Rights Council.
He also paused funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency that was set up specifically to give money to Palestinians, an organization that was revealed to have had employees take part in the Oct. 7, 2024, terror attack by Hamas on Israel.
