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Palestine gained membership of UNESCO in 2011 but its representatives have not yet made best use of this new status due in part to pressure by Israel and the United States. Al-Shabaka Policy Member Nidal Sliman and Guest Author Valentina Azarov review the value of UNESCO in the quest to fulfill Palestinian rights and to apply the relevant international law instruments to the case of Palestine.

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The first of two Ma'an installments of a policy brief from Al-Shabaka. The original can be found here. Palestinian leaders have not activated Palestine’s UNESCO membership despite the costly battle to join and even though it could help rebalance the skewed Israeli-Palestinian power dynamic.

The second of two Ma'an installments of a policy brief from Al-Shabaka.
In a recent policy brief Al-Shabaka guest author Valentina Azarov and Policy Member Nidal Sliman set out the practical advantages of Palestinian UNESCO membership; then they published this follow-up article at Foreign Policy's blog "The Middle East Channel"...
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