The Brief

The United States announced on Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N.'s educational, scientific, and cultural agency, citing concerns that participation does not serve the nation's interests and that the agency promotes anti-Israel rhetoric.

This decision comes only two years after the United States rejoined UNESCO after leaving in 2018, during U.S. President Donald Trump's first administration.

What they're saying:

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the withdrawal was linked to UNESCO's perceived agenda to "advance divisive social and cultural causes."

She added in a statement that UNESCO’s decision "to admit the ‘State of Palestine’ as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Isr

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