Israel joins US in pulling out of Unesco after Netanyahu praises America for ‘brave and moral’ decisionIndependent/UK, Oct 12, 2017
Israel has withdrawn from Unesco following America's decision to leave the United Nations body, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
"This is a brave and moral decision, because Unesco has become a theatre of absurd. Instead of preserving history, it distorts it," Mr Netanyahu said of the US's decision.
The Prime Minster said he had instructed the Israeli Foreign Ministry to prepare the country's withdrawal in parallel with the United States.
The US State Department had announced hours earlier that it would withdraw from Unesco and become a non-member observer state by the end of 2018.
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