"Last week, the US announced that it was going to pull out of UNESCO in December 2018. The State Department accused the organization of 'continuing anti-Israel bias' and said that America would revert to being a non-member observer state. Israel announced shortly after that she was going to follow the US lead.
The decision is long overdue and represents a justified rebuke to a body that has become a willing arm of Palestinian propaganda. By adopting endless anti-Israel resolutions, UNESCO has strayed from its central purpose of defending cultural heritage with an impartial view to the historical record...
Some might argue that America's withdrawal is an act of temperamental unilateralism by President Trump, on a par with his threat to leave a host of other institutions. Naturally, there is a great deal to criticise in his 'America first' language and his often hot headed approach to international diplomacy. He is currently winning no awards for international co-operation.
But unilateralism is not the issue here. There is no reason for continued membership in an organisation which has fundamentally betrayed its founding purpose. In the words of Nikki Haley, America's ambassador to the UN: 'US taxpayers should no longer be on the hook to pay for policies that are hostile to our values and make a mockery of justice and common sense.' Further, UNESCO's 'extreme politicization has become a chronic embarrassment.'..."