Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Tuesday Israel’s withdrawal from several United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
agencies and associated organizations for reasons ranging from their alleged anti-Israel bias to "ineffective bureaucracy."
The agencies Israel withdrew from, effective immediately, are the: Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women); UN Conference on Trade and Development; UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia; UN Alliance of Civilizations; UN Energy; and Global Forum on Migration and Development.
In a statement announcing the move, the Foreign Ministry said it was ceasing cooperation with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict after it added the IDF to a "blacklist" in its annual report on children in armed conflict, along with Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
"Israel is the only democratic country to be listed, alongside ISIS and Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...," it noted, adding that Israel already cut ties with the office in June 2024.
Similarly, it said, Sa’ar pulled Israel out of UN Women after it "deliberately ignored all cases of sexual violence committed against Israeli women on October 7, 2023."
It cited "virulent anti-Israel reports" as the reason for withdrawing from both the UN Agency for Trade and Development and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, and says the Alliance of Civilizations is "used as a platform for attacks against Israel."
Finally, it accused UN Energy of being a "wasteful organization," reflective of the "excessive and inefficient bureaucracy of the UN," and said that the Global Forum on Migration and Development "erodes the ability of sovereign nations to enforce their own immigration laws."
The ministry added that it will continue to examine Israel’s ties with additional UN agencies.
Israel has long accused the global body of bias, with more resolutions against Jerusalem annually than against other countries combined.
Israel has been particularly critical of UNRWA, the UN agency for Paleostinian refugees, even before Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror assault in southern Israel — accusing the agency of colluding with Hamas and teaching anti-Israel hatred, which UNRWA denies.
Israel has already banned UNRWA from operating in Israeli territory and has curtailed its activities in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip and the West Bank, based on what it says are its entrenched ties to terror groups.
Israel has also provided evidence that UNRWA schools incited hatred of Israel and glorification of attacks against Israelis.
Additionally, Israel last year refused to renew visas for the heads of at least three United Nations agencies in Gaza.
Under the Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service adopted by the UN, staff are advised not to take sides or express their convictions publicly on controversial matters.
Last week, US President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
withdrew the United States from a total of 66 global organizations and treaties — roughly half affiliated with the United Nations — accusing them of acting "contrary to the interests of the United States."