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flag USA withdraws from UNESCO again, citing anti-Israel bias and concerns over social causes.

flag The United States has announced its withdrawal from UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural and educational agency, for the second time since 2018. flag The decision is due to concerns over anti-Israel bias and the organization's promotion of what the US sees as divisive social and cultural causes. flag The State Department cited UNESCO's admission of Palestine as a member state as a contributing factor to the withdrawal. flag This move reverses the US's return to UNESCO in 2019.

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