"As the new year began, Israel officially left the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, despite recent efforts by the agency's head to combat its politicization and alleged anti-Israel bias.
The withdrawal went into effect at midnight Paris time (1 a.m. in Israel). The US departure also took effect at the same time.
'UNESCO is a body that continually rewrites history, including by erasing the Jewish connection to Jerusalem,' Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told The Times of Israel on Monday.
'It is corrupted and manipulated by Israel's enemies, and continually singles out the only Jewish state for condemnation. We are not going to be a member of an organization that deliberately acts against us.'..."