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January 17, 2014
UNESCO halts Israel’s Jewish history show after Arab nations protest
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, abruptly and indefinitely postponed the Jan. 20 opening of an exhibition in Paris on the 3,500-year history of Jews in the land of Israel, after a representative from the Arab League wrote a last-minute letter expressing \”great disapproval.\”
U.S. presses UNESCO on cancellation of Jews in Israel exhibit
The Obama administration is “deeply disappointed” with a decision by UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural arm, to cancel the opening of an exhibition on the Jewish presence in the land of Israel and is seeking its placement “as soon as possible.”
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State Department declined to sponsor canceled Israel UNESCO exhibit
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