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July 7, 2017

Haley calls UNESCO Hebron motion 'an affront to history,' says US to review ties

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (File photo)
"Hours after UNESCO declared the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, an endangered Palestinian world heritage site, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the move was both 'tragic' and an 'affront to history,' and that the US would review its ties with the world body as a result of the decision.

On Friday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed its second anti-Israel resolution in less than a week...

'The UNESCO vote on Hebron is tragic on several levels. It represents an affront to history,' Haley said in a statement.

The resolution, she said, would stultify ongoing attempts by the Trump administration to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, a major foreign policy priority for Washington.

'It undermines the trust that is needed for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to be successful,' she said. 'And it further discredits an already highly questionable UN agency. Today's vote does no one any good and causes much harm.'

She went on, 'The United States is currently evaluating the appropriate level of its continued engagement at UNESCO.'..."
Date
July 7, 2017
Title
Haley calls UNESCO Hebron motion ‘an affront to history,’ says US to review ties, The Times of Israel
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Eric Cortellessa
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