The article points out the hypocrisy of the US with its role of sponsoring negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
The suspension of the United States and Israel´s voting rights at the UNESCO comes against the backdrop of the ongoing, US-sponsored, direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government.I am posting this piece partly because reports like this never make it into mainstream media in the US.
Political analyst, and Middle East affairs expert Christof Lehmann, said to nsnbc International, that the suspension of the two nation’s voting rights comes at an appropriate time and a reminder of the fact that the United States cannot, under any circumstance, be perceived as an honest broker.