The State Department announced on Tuesday that the United States is withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, citing the international body’s anti-Israel bias in its recognition of Palestinian statehood.

UNESCO membership “is not in the national interest” of the Trump administration, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement.

Recommended Stories

Pompeo rips UN ‘so-called Human Rights Council’ as ‘anti-Semitic’

Trump threatens to chop aid to countries that vote against him at the UN

UN’s Albanese faces uphill battle with First Amendment case seeking to end sanctions against her