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US, Israel Withdraw from UNESCO

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Following the U.S. decision Thursday to quit the United Nations organization for education, science and culture, Israel announced it too will withdraw. The United States stopped funding UNESCO after the Palestinian Authority was accepted into the agency as a full member. As a member subject to membership dues, the United States accumulated a $600 million debt over the years. But as VOA's Zlatica Hoke reports, the Trump administration also cited anti-Israel bias as a reason for withdrawal.

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