US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 1, 2011 @08:33AM from the in-the-case-of-politics-v-science dept.

gzipped_tar writes "The U.S. withdrew funding after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Palestine membership vote yesterday. The decision was triggered by a 1994 US law that requires financial ties to be cut with any UN agency that accords the Palestinians full membership. As Palestine actively pursues entrance to other UN agencies, the defunding list could grow. Interestingly, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) could also be among Palestine's next target, and U.S. is the big supporter of WIPO. A much more disturbing scenario is Palestine joining the International Atomic Energy Agency, cutting American funding to the organization that monitors nuclear proliferation in states like Iran."

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Yee Hah! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-11-01 08:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Let the antisemitism fly!
Re:We don't support terror organizations by Anonymous Coward · 2011-11-01 08:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Actually, we have a pretty long history of supporting terror organizations.
It's the Palestinians who have the Nazi connection by Quila · 2011-11-01 08:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Collaborating with Hitler and Himmler to achieve the eventual eradication of Jews.
Too bad for you, Hitler lost. There wouldn't be Jew left alive in Palestine if he had won, because the local Muslims would have murdered them with Hitler's support. The only question is whether they would have been murdered locally or sent off to the established death camps.