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US withdraws from UNESCO over its anti-Israel bias

Oct 12, 2017 10:49 am By Robert Spencer

This is most welcome and long overdue. Next step: withdraw from the UN entirely and kick it out of New York. UNESCO (like the UN as a whole) is simply a tool of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Last year it passed a resolution declaring the Temple Mount Muslim, not Jewish. It renamed the Western Wall “Al-Buraq Plaza.” And those were just two of its ridiculous moves, defying history, reason, and any fair treatment of Israel.

This is a good step. Now, Mr. President, take the next one.

“U.S. withdraws from UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural organization, citing anti-Israel bias,” by Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, October 12, 2017 (thanks to Paul):

The United States plans to withdraw from UNESCO, citing financial reasons, as well as what it said was an anti-Israel bias at the U.N.’s educational, cultural and science organization.

The decision to withdraw from UNESCO, which the United States helped found, was announced Thursday morning by the State Department, which said the United States would remain involved as a nonmember observer. It will take effect at the end of 2018.

It marks yet another decision by the United States to distance itself from some parts of the international community.

Some of the United States’s closest allies are among UNESCO’s 195 members. France’s U.N. ambassador, Francois Delattre, had urged the United States to remain in UNESCO this week, saying the United States “must stay committed to world affairs.”…

But the United States has at times had an ambivalent relationship with the Paris-based organization. The government stopped paying its dues in 2011 after UNESCO voted to include the Palestinian Authority as a member.

And senior Trump administration officials — including U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley — have been critical of the organization….

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  1. john thomas says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 10:55 am

    Leave UNESCO? So should we, rather than ‘bleedin’ Brexit’. What a shambles leaving has become, or well always was going to be.!

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 12, 2017 at 9:05 pm

      John, you believe that Britain should stay in the EU, with their suicidal Muslim immigration policy? Why?

      • Bob says

        Oct 13, 2017 at 10:04 am

        The UK has accomplished about 2/3’s of the Agenda 21 program and don’t even know it….give that some thought…
        If they get out of the EU there’s a chance the can cancel Agenda 21 and restore the UK to it’s sovereignty.

  2. Raja says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 10:55 am

    That is good news. The war mongering Muslim nations have already hijacked UN and its. affiliates.

    The UN has always been politically divided, sheer waste of money and times.

    • katherine says

      Oct 12, 2017 at 5:12 pm

      How true. Unesco has become just another arm of the OIC : it has no genuine interest anymore about truth or information. It blatantly lies about history to fit the Islamic agenda of revisionism : it is even honoring thieves like the wife of a Muslim PM with awards.

      Its biggest lie so far is about the Temple Mount and Western Wall being Palestinian – a complete disregard for history.

      Now witness who the 3 candidates are vying for the Unesco top post – mostly Muslims al-Kawari, Katab and Azoulay. Time to kick the entire UNcouth organization out of the US.

      • terry says

        Oct 13, 2017 at 4:54 am

        Amen!

    • Carolyne says

      Oct 13, 2017 at 9:22 am

      The US should withdraw completely from the UN, stop any payments going to it, and evict it from New York to some place where it’s policies are more acceptable, like Saudi Arabia. We would save a lot of money, New York would get a lot of taxes on the property once it is converted to a useful purpose, and foreign diplomats would not be allowed to run amok and not be charged with the crimes they commit.

  3. elee says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 11:02 am

    About time. I can stop cringing every time I hear about some antisemitic act by this entity. If you agree let your Congressional delegation know.

  4. Infidel says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 11:24 am

    I commend the TRUMP admin for this..

  5. mummymovie says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 11:50 am

    I’ve deduced that the OIC must be the uber-funded grease behind the mechanism of the Grand Betrayal we are currently being subject to. So this is wonderful news.
    They are well-funded, and established.
    It is not just Soros and the globalists, it is not just congressmen accepting palm grease. Nor the Kalergi plan.
    The OIC must be behind this; unlimited sources of funding, oil money, etc.
    This is our target.
    It’s time to organize.

  6. eduardo odraude says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 11:52 am

    Good news on UNESCO.

    Muhammad says there is to be no punishment for murdering someone who insults him

    For example, in Sunan Abu-Dawud, a canonical hadith collection:

    Book 38, Number 4348:

    Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas [a companion of Muhammad]:

    A blind man had a slave-mother [a slave who bore children for him] who used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him. He [the blind man] forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and abuse him. So he [the blind man] took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it.

    He assembled the people and said: I adjure by Allah the man who has done this action and I adjure him by my right to him that he should stand up. Jumping over the necks of the people and trembling the man stood up.

    He sat before the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her.

    Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.

    Another canonical hadith:

    Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 39, Number 4349:

    Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib [the fourth caliph, and the son-in-law of Muhammad]:

    A Jewess used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him. A man strangled her till she died. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) declared that no recompense was payable for her blood.

    • Carolyne says

      Oct 13, 2017 at 9:26 am

      (Pig shit be upon him.)

  7. Westman says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 11:53 am

    “Al-Buraq” Plaza – Flying Trojan Horse Plaza.

    It also appears that Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, a Qatari with anti-semite and pro-Iran views, is closing in on becoming the next director-general of UNESCO.

    https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/10/11/us-jewish-groups-express-alarm-as-antisemitism-tainted-qatari-candidate-closes-in-on-unesco-chief-post/

    The UN is little more than a soap-box of complaints and declared victimhood, much against the US and Israel, about which little is ever done. Send the UN to Brussels where it can be part of the EU’s failing New World Order and the citizens can enjoy arrogant law-breaking delegates, and their entourage, to the sounds of, “We have diplomatic immunity!”

    • terry says

      Oct 13, 2017 at 4:55 am

      Second that!

  8. Dave Flang says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 11:57 am

    Empty the UN and use it as a temporary jail for illegals.

  9. Voytek Gagalka says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 11:58 am

    Bingo! Thumbs up, Mr. President!

  10. James Baugh says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 12:11 pm

    Excellent! Get the US out of the UN. Get the UN out of the US. #MAGA #TeamTrump #BuildThatWall GOD bless President Trump, his Family, and his Administration.

  11. Mike says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    Way to go President Trump!

  12. Benedict says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 12:42 pm

    U.N. has turned into a global forum for the world community to voice its hatred against Israel and the Jews and Islam is the final and most viscous ideology to unite anti-Semites from all corners of the globe.
    (John 16:2 “the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.” foreshadows: “The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews, when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.”)

    The World and especially the Muslim World can’t stand the prophetic revelation – the scandal of specificity – that “Salvation is of the Jews.”

    • Westman says

      Oct 12, 2017 at 2:37 pm

      Meaning of “Abdullah” – Allah’s Servant. A servant of the “Marvel Comics” like god – the bloodthirsty sadistic one that likes burning off skins and replacing them for more burning(forever), pouring boiling water on the heads of those thus tortured, giving them caustic liquids for thirst, etc.

      If the worshipped “god” has a sadistic, aggressive, violent character, how can that personage’s religion ever be peaceful? Does it require any other proof to determine that Islam is NOT a religion of peace?

      Islam is based in tribalism where unbelief or deviation from Sharia defines the “foreigner” and it has an elevated special hatred for one specific tribe – Jews.

  13. mummymovie says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 1:24 pm

    Aren’t we getting tired of investigating the multitudes of unpleasant peculiarities that comprise islam?
    I sure am tired of it.
    If not for its horrific component multifaceted cruelty; ultra-sadistic murder, graphic sexual violence, and cruelty unheard of and unseen since the liberation of Nazi death camps at the close of WWII, islam would be a very uninteresting mentality.
    We should not underestimate it, however; You’ve got to give it props- there is nothing else quite like it.
    It is a peculiarly impressive and comprehensive system- it seems to have all bases covered, like nothing else: There is no fleeing from it; doing so is a death sentence. This is where the juice lies, and this is where western societies have failed in our role of providing shelter and… wait for it… refuge.
    What they are fleeing from is islam itself, but upon their arrival, they only find themselves immersed in an environment in which the victimizers have been accommodated, enabled, and made more comfortable.
    The web of fear islam projects is so omnipotently pervasive, horrific and wide spanning, that its slaves are truly terrified of leaving, even in their minds.
    Like Will Graham from our Hannibal Lecter movies, we can continue to try to get into the minds of these rudimentary failures of the human expression, but it’s not going to help us.
    We need to eradicate this shit, otherwise, everything we do -every technological achievement, every building, every school built, every charitable donation, all of it- is just a gift to savagery.
    We are building habitats for inhumanity.
    The stakes are high, and we must fight.
    The enemy is here.
    I’ve been fighting against oppression for the majority of my life, and I’m not about to stop.
    It’s too late to turn back now.
    If we shirk our responsibility to defend ourselves and our families, the world is a ghetto.
    Embrace it, and kick against it with all our might.

    I WILL NOT SUBMIT

    • WorkingClassPost says

      Oct 12, 2017 at 1:58 pm

      ✔

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 12, 2017 at 11:07 pm

      +1

  14. mariam rove says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 2:24 pm

    This is great and yes Robert is correct that we should entirely leave the UN. UN is a bunch of BS. M

  15. Guest says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 2:58 pm

    First we cut ties to Pakistan, then Turkey, now this. When did our government start putting the good of the country first?

    • katherine says

      Oct 12, 2017 at 5:42 pm

      This is the Real Thing – America is finally getting it right. For a long time Tax-payers have been financing the jihadists through annual multi-billion payments and subsidies to Islamic nations and organizations.

      That is the legacy of the Democrats esp. Hussein Obama. If Trump is really serious ( so far he isn’t ) he could have saved enough, by removing all this financial bloodletting, to finance a dozen Walls PLUS a renewal of the depleted Armed Forces – if he’s not enamored with fund-wasters like F35 and supercarriers.

      Yes – defense funding itself, and planning, needs an overhaul.

  16. 762x51FMJ says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 3:01 pm

    The concept of United Nations is
    contrary to all that is Sovereign.

  17. Stan Lee says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 3:12 pm

    The UN is a waste of time and money to the United States, therefore we should leave the UN and its sub-organizations like UNESCO. The organization is burdened with Islamic governments who are dedicated to vilifying Israel and as a consequence the United States. The USA pays about 22% of the UN expenses, and surely the Muslim nations which aim to control the UN/UNESCO should be paying far more in light of how they use the organization to vilify anyone Islam criticizes.

    • Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

      Oct 12, 2017 at 5:58 pm

      +1

      Without the US’s support all of these fronts for the OIC would collapse. Pull the plug on all of it!

  18. Keys says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 5:39 pm

    “It renamed the Western Wall “Al-Buraq Plaza.” “

    Disrespectfully, shouldn’t that be “Al-Buraq Hussein Obama Plaza” ?

  19. Jayell says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 6:20 pm

    “US withdraws from UNESCO over its anti-Israel bias”. Excellent. Now, supposing a few other countries with integrity do the same? In fact, why not just withdraw from the whole corrupt lot and close it down? Then the New York City authorities can use that valuable piece of real estate for something useful – NOT A MOSQUE!!!

  20. gravenimage says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    US withdraws from UNESCO over its anti-Israel bias
    ………………….

    Good news!

  21. Matthieu Baudin says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 9:53 pm

    “… Next step: withdraw from the UN entirely and kick it out of New York…”

    It would be dangerous to withdraw from the UN without first taking steps to create a replacement International forum to replace it.

  22. mortimer says

    Oct 12, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    Countries with HORRIBLE human rights records have no moral right to criticize Israel.

  23. Vajapeya says

    Oct 13, 2017 at 2:14 am

    India should also get out from the defunct UN.The UN is just a puppet of the OIC nations. And it is going to oppose India on many issues. Supporting the UN amounts to supporting Jihad. The UN never breathes a word of condemnation against Islamic nations like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain etc on their refusal to take in Syrian refugees. But readily condemns India and other nations when they refuse to take in or deport Rohingya refugees, never expressed condemnation on the ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri pandits in the Kashmiri valley. Fie on the accursed UN!!! May it fall soon!!!

  24. Benedict says

    Oct 13, 2017 at 3:58 am

    This is welcome news. Leaving the UN is also a good idea, and having it removed from the US will stop all the terrorist countries coming into the US.
    The Arabs can change all the names around the world but it still cannot alter history. The Temple Mount is still Jewish and will always be. The Al-Aqsa mosque needs to be turned into a museum or better still demolish it.

    • Carolyne says

      Oct 13, 2017 at 9:28 am

      Agreed.

  25. Anne Smith says

    Oct 13, 2017 at 4:51 am

    Time to pull the plug on the UN lease and serve notice to quit New York. Let them re-assemble in Riyadh or Teheran.

    The UN has always been a vastly over inflated talking shop and gravy train for the left wing liberals. Let them do the funding and send it off to its natural home.

    The UN building could be turned into many other, more worthwhile and useful entities.

  26. terry says

    Oct 13, 2017 at 4:56 am

    It really is time to realign United States interests globally.

  27. FYI says

    Oct 13, 2017 at 6:02 am

    Apart from being the Holy Land,Israel is a civilized democracy.

    It says a lot that the UN,that globalist tool,is hostile to Israel.

    That was the correct decision for the US to withdraw from UNESCO.

  28. Carolyne says

    Oct 13, 2017 at 9:32 am

    The UN is the creature of Eleanor Roosevelt, a Socialist, who usurped the power of the Presidency so that her husband, the President, could continue his affairs with his secretary, his cousin, Lucy Mercer, and others without complaint from his wife. who had her own “Friend” Lorena Hickock.

  29. larry says

    Oct 13, 2017 at 10:09 am

    About time. We should have withdrawn from the UN, as a whole, many years ago and kicked them out of NY. They have been working against the USA for decades. They are anti-american, anti-jew and most would like to see the downfall of the US and Israel.

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