Professor Jacobson has followed the antisemitic antics of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). He declared that the organization is “a poster child for how UN agencies have had their missions perverted by the anti-Israel agenda.”
The data collected over the years certainly supports this assertion.
During President Donald Trump’s first term in office, the State Department withdrew from this organization. Now that he has returned to the White House, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce has announced that we are exiting from UNESCO … again.
Among the stated reasons is that UNESCO’s agenda does not align with our “America First” policy, in addition to being anti-Israel.
In a statement, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce added the US’ continued participation in UNESCO is not in its “national interest.” The withdrawal will take effect on December 31, 2026….The US again withdrew from UNESCO during the first Trump administration but rejoined under Biden. After he took office for the second time, President Donald Trump ordered a review of US participation, including “an analysis of any anti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment within the organization.”Bruce alleged that “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.”“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,” she said.
Of course, the head of the organization denies these accusations.
UNESCO director general Audrey Azoulay said she “deeply” regrets the U.S. decision but said it was expected and that the agency “has prepared for it.” She also denied accusations of anti-Israel bias, saying it contradicts “the reality of UNESCO’s efforts, particularly in the field of Holocaust education and the fight against antisemitism.”Azoulay added that “the reasons put forward by the United States of America are the same as seven years ago, even though the situation has changed profoundly, political tensions have receded, and UNESCO today constitutes a rare forum for consensus on concrete and action-oriented multilateralism.”
But the organization’s record clearly speaks for itself.
As a reminder, President Autopen returned the U.S. to this hideous group — and agreed to pay it $600 million.
But in 2023, the Biden administration announced it would rejoin and start gradually paying back more than $600 million in arrears. U.S. officials argued then that leaving an empty chair at UNESCO had created a vacuum that competing powers, most notably China, were stepping into.
At this point, Trump would make many people even happier by withdrawing completely from the United Nations. Until then, enjoy this small victory.
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