Posts Tagged: UNESCO Israel
UNESCO Condemnation of Israel Passes, Despite Unprecedented Lack of Support From African, Latin American and European Nations
As Israel celebrated its 69th Independence Day on Tuesday, UNESCO -- the cultural arm of the United Nations -- voted by a 22-10 margin (with 23 abstentions and three...
UNESCO Plans Anti-Israel Vote on Jewish State’s 69th Independence Day
JNS.org - The cultural body of the United Nations was expected to adopt a resolution on Tuesday, Israel’s Independence Day, classifying the Jewish state as an...
Pro-Israel Groups to Erect Gigantic Pinocchio Near UN to Protest Jerusalem Resolutions
JNS.org - Pro-Israel groups will erect a giant Pinocchio effigy across from the United Nations headquarters in New York City in protest of the recent resolutions...
Report: Palestinians to Demand ‘Return’ of Dead Sea Scrolls
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority is reportedly preparing to demand that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) force Israel to “return” the Dead...
No Sense Denying the Jewish Connection to Jerusalem
JNS.org - Archaeologists have uncovered even more evidence of the ancient Jewish connection to Jerusalem -- this right after UNESCO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) declared that Jews have no...
Muslims, Christians and Jews Must Oppose the UNESCO Decision
Some years ago, while browsing in a dusty second-hand bookstore in London, I came across a pamphlet titled A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The document...
Mexico Fires UNESCO Envoy Over Objection to Resolution Ignoring Jewish Ties to Temple Mount
JNS.org - Mexico on Wednesday dismissed its envoy to UNESCO over his objection to the UN body's recent resolution that ignored the Jewish connection to the Temple...
UNESCO Director-General Pans Resolution Denying Jewish Ties to Temple Mount
JNS.org - UNESCO’s Director-General made a statement signaling her opposition to a resolution approved Wednesday by the organization's member states that ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Western...
Israel Only Mideast Country to Join UN Battle Against Homophobic Bullying in School
Israel is the only Middle Eastern country to join a major United Nations agency in the fight against homophobic bullying in schools, Israel Hayom reported on Sunday. According to the report, Israeli Education Minister...
UNESCO and the Denial of Jewish History
For years, Palestinians and other Arabs have tried to deny the historical record and usurp Jewish holy sites. Their latest attempt to do so takes the form...
UNESCO Postpones Vote on Controversial Resolution About Jewish Ties to Jerusalem
The UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) delayed Tuesday a controversial vote on a draft resolution that would challenge Jewish historical ties to the...
UNESCO’s Strange Definition of ‘History’
The Times of Israel reports: The UN cultural body’s World Heritage Committee is set to vote on a controversial draft resolution challenging Jewish historical ties to the Old...
Leading Jewish Group Seeks to Keep Holocaust Programming Away From UNESCO
A major Jewish human rights group and other organizers of an annual Holocaust essay competition moved this year's event from its usual venue at UNESCO headquarters in the French capital...
The UN Makes World Peace With Yoga
Tuesday was International Yoga Day, an initiative of the United Nations. Irina Bokova, the UNESCO director general, gave a speech on the occasion to those who...
