While Arabs in Gaza have been raining rockets and missiles on the southern part of Israel causing death and destruction, their counterparts in Judea and Samaria (erroneously called the West Bank--all of Israel is on the west bank of the Jordan River) were pursuing a complementary agenda; no peace negotiations but the elimination of Israel through manipulating international agencies. Complicit in this, obligingly encouraging the demise of a member state, UNESCO, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on Monday voted to admit the non country of Palestine into membership just a few weeks after the latter's failed move to join the UN as a member state. As a result of this vote the US promptly announced it would not continue funding UNESCO, slightly less than a quarter of its budget, as required by law. Department spokesman Victoria Nuland told reporters that the Obama administration would not make a planned $60 million payment to the agency due this month. ...(Read Full Post)