PM Netanyahu welcomes US Pres. Trumps decision to withdraw from UNESCO 12 October 2017
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PM Netanyahu welcomes US Pres. Trump's decision to withdraw from UNESCO

  • 10/12/2017
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    Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare Israel's withdrawal from UNESCO in parallel with the US.
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    ​(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
     
    "This is a courageous and ethical decision because UNESCO has become a theater of the absurd and instead of preserving history, distorts it."
     
    Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare Israel's withdrawal from UNESCO in parallel with the US.