> UNESCO declared the old city in Hebron, a West Bank town that includes the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a Palestinian World Heritage Site, a move Israel claims negates Judaism’s links to the biblical town.
What a petty reason to leave. Guess it shows who is really running the US politics?
The current US administration believes that Israel is more important to their geopolitical strategy than UNESCO. Insinuating that it's Israel that runs US politics is anti-semitic. You clearly don't have to jump to that conclusion to figure out why the US is taking this action.
I hate that in US saying anything remotely socialistic gets you branded as a communist, and saying anything against Israel gets you branded as antisemite.
You know, it's funny. Because I'm very critical of Israel's occupation of Palestine (for example, I believe they're occupying Palestine with their military), and I support BDS. These positions are strong enough that they have seen retaliation from several institutions, including state governments. And yet, somehow, I can tell that insinuating that Israel controls the US government is anti-semitic.
Is 'petty' the right word? I guess any reference to history could be petty in that case.
"Hebron is part of the West Bank, a territory captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. The international community considers it to be occupied.".
Perhaps 'recaptured' is a better word given that "Hebron was one of the last cities of Palestine to fall to the Islamic invasion in the 7th century, possibly the reason why Hebron is not mentioned in any traditions of the Arab conquest"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron
No, I'm not supporting either side, merely objecting to the word 'petty'.
I think the UN is inept at most things but UNESCO I I think is worth staying on for. As an American I am so dissatisfied and ashamed of our current president — a pumpkin of a man.
Agreed, UNESCO is one part of UN I hear about in a positive context. Granted I heard more about its activities outside the US, but still I think this is unfortunate.
This is a really important topic, but the Internet is full of other forums for it. Can we keep hacker news for things at least a little more closely related to its traditional discussion domain? I flagged this item, something I have done with things that make the front page maybe twice over the last several years.
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[ 2.0 ms ] story [ 79.9 ms ] threadWhat a petty reason to leave. Guess it shows who is really running the US politics?
Weird.
Asking for a friend. Please don't dox me!
And so continues the saga of "The Lowest Bar in the World" an anti-semitism story.
I'm out, fuck this.
Could you be more explicit about what you mean please?
American evangelicals, who've made over-the-top performative support for the state of Israel part of their "bring on the End Times" religion? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_the_Jews)
It's certainly not Israel, given that they're still in UNESCO.
"Hebron is part of the West Bank, a territory captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. The international community considers it to be occupied.".
Perhaps 'recaptured' is a better word given that "Hebron was one of the last cities of Palestine to fall to the Islamic invasion in the 7th century, possibly the reason why Hebron is not mentioned in any traditions of the Arab conquest" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron
No, I'm not supporting either side, merely objecting to the word 'petty'.