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.
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