Tag: unesco
12 EU states to favor of Palestine
JTANov 15, 2012
BRUSSELS Nearly half of all European Union member states will vote in favor of upgrading the PAs status at the UN, an EU spokeswoman reportedly said. The news site...
Keep the funding ban on UNESCO
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 23, 2012
The Palestinian Authoritys circumvention of direct negotiations with Israel via the PAs attempt to secure unilateral recognition of an independent state from the UN...
Abraham must be rolling in his grave (literally!)
Rocky Mountain JewDec 02, 2011
Sixty-four years ago, on November 29, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, more commonly referred to as the Partition Plan. Under the plan, the new states [of...
Palestinian statehood run aground?
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 10, 2011
WASHINGTON They may have scored a victory at UNESCO, but the Palestinians are running into new obstacles on their push for statehood recognition at the UN. The effort...
US defunds UNESCO: What now?
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 03, 2011
WASHINGTON The immediate consequence of UNESCOs vote to grant the Palestinians membership is clear: a cutoff of American funding for the UN agency governing the...
What a joke, except . . . it’s not
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 03, 2011
After the official and upsetting acceptance of a nonexistent Palestinian State into UNESCO this week, I received this little vignette that was circulating. When Golda...
Disneyland is Harvard and Rachel is a Muslim
IJN Editorial StaffNov 04, 2010
Remember what Pat Schroeder said about former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim? Waldheimer’s disease is when you forget you were a Nazi. Now, UNESCO indulges...
