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US WITHDRAWS FROM UNESCO, CITING 'ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS'
The Jerusalem Post ^ | OCTOBER 12, 2017 | MICHAEL WILNER

Posted on 10/12/2017 10:16:22 AM PDT by Wiz-Nerd

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Thursday that the US will withdraw from UNESCO, the UN's educational, scientific and cultural body.

The Paris-based body is known for designating World Heritage sites like the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria and Grand Canyon National Park, but it has struggled for relevance as it becomes increasingly hobbled by regional rivalries and a lack of money.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; trumpun; unesco; usgovernment
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To: trebb

+1,000,000,000


21 posted on 10/12/2017 11:30:04 AM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

OUTSTANDING!!!!


22 posted on 10/12/2017 11:45:25 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

OUTSTANDING!!!!


23 posted on 10/12/2017 11:45:29 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: silverleaf

I didn’t know that! Thanks for the update.


24 posted on 10/12/2017 11:48:59 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Wiz-Nerd

Maybe the UN can move to Brussels or Babylon (where it really belongs).


25 posted on 10/12/2017 11:54:34 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Americans are modern day Amorites ripe for destruction)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Wiz-Nerd. About time.

26 posted on 10/12/2017 12:52:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: miss marmelstein; All

http://m.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/UNESCO-votes-in-favor-of-inscribing-Hebron-sites-to-the-State-of-Palestine-499059

Heres more

http://m.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/The-self-destruction-of-UNESCO-451697

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/14/israel-unesco-resolution-jerusalem-palestine


27 posted on 10/12/2017 12:53:40 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

I seem to recall the UN distributing little cardboard containers for children to collect money for UNESCO door-to-door on Trick or Treat Night back in the late 50s - early 60s. Kids were taught in school how great the UN was.

Pffft.

To paraphrase Rush, any organization not specifically mandated to remain conservative (or true to its founding intentions), will become liberal (progressive).


28 posted on 10/12/2017 1:09:21 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

That was UNICEF, not UNESCO. To pick a nit. Both are tentacles of the same demonic organization.


29 posted on 10/12/2017 1:15:02 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x17ZVQbD1M0


30 posted on 10/12/2017 1:15:36 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Watch your six.)
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To: faithhopecharity

“Take the building and use it for something positive for a change””

Like rubble for an East River landfill park.


31 posted on 10/12/2017 1:19:25 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Two scoops, two genders, two terms. Get used to it.)
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To: piytar

Thanks - if only the leech FReeloaders felt that way....


32 posted on 10/12/2017 1:38:01 PM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

Yup. I’m a monthly. Anyone who posts or reads here should be too, even if just $5/mo., unless they are truly destitute and homeless.


33 posted on 10/12/2017 2:09:54 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: silverleaf

Thanks!


34 posted on 10/12/2017 2:38:03 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Albion Wilde

Get outta town! I never knew that.


35 posted on 10/12/2017 4:00:33 PM PDT by Wiz-Nerd
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To: Repeal The 17th; trebb

Yes. Trebb is the poster child for the Antifa wing of FR. Trebb does not fact check before posting. But that matters not.

Best to do what Trebb says :-)


38 posted on 10/12/2017 5:16:19 PM PDT by Wiz-Nerd
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To: NorthMountain

Thank you for the correction. I agree; “same church, different pew.”


39 posted on 10/12/2017 6:15:07 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: trebb

...what happened to your other comments?


40 posted on 10/12/2017 6:43:35 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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