Biden admin wants back in with UNESCO after Trump's withdrawal
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Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife visit Hebron as the Biden administration seeks to rejoin UNESCO.
That decision and several others led the Trump administration to officially withdraw from UNESCO in 2019. Making the decision to rejoin the agency is also problematic because U.S. law forbids U.S. membership at U.N. bodies that have allowed full Palestinian membership.
Yishai Fleisher, the international spokesman for the Jewish community of Hebron who took the Pences on the tour, told Fox News Digital that the "Trump/Pence administration courageously decided that this was not going to stand and simply walked out of UNESCO because of the antisemitic history erasing decision against the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs." He said Pence’s trip to Hebron "was an opportunity to thank him for that courageous step in honoring and re-affirming Jewish history."