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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Moushira Khattab

French former culture minister and newly elected head of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay arrives to give a press conference following her election on October 13, 2017 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas Samson)
October 13, 2017, 9:09 pm
Welcomed in Israel, new French Jewish head of UNESCO won’t mean immediate change
As Audrey Azoulay narrowly defeats Qatari candidate, Israel says it would reconsider quitting body if its policies change, but isn’t holding its breath
By ToI Staff and AFP
UNESCO head Audrey Azoulay speaks at a press conference following her election on October 13, 2017, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. (AFP Photo/Thomas Samson)
October 13, 2017, 8:25 pm
French Jewish candidate defeats Qatari to win UNESCO leadership
Audrey Azoulay, France’s former culture minister, takes helm of world body a day after US and Israel announced they would leave it because of its anti-Israel bias
By AFP and ToI Staff
Former Qatari culture minister and Qatar's candidate for the nomination of Unesco's new director general, Hamad bin Abdoulaziz Al-Kawari, addresses the media at the Unesco headquarters in Paris on October 13, 2017. (AFP/Thomas Samson)
October 13, 2017, 2:09 pm
As US and Israel bow out of UNESCO, its leadership vote comes down to two
French candidate vies with frontrunner Qatari delegate to head UN cultural organization; winner to be chosen Friday evening
By Clare BYRNE
Former Qatari culture minister Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari. (Wikimedia/Creative Commons)
October 10, 2017, 11:14 pm
Qatari diplomat leads race for UNESCO chief
Second round voting leaves Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari 10 votes short of majority, with French and Egyptian candidates in 2nd and 3rd places
By AFP
Illustrative: The president of the Egyptian Jewish Community, Magda Shehata Haroun, talks during an interview with AFP at the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo, also known as Temple Ismailia or Adly Synagogue in downtown Cairo on October 3, 2016. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
October 9, 2017, 11:47 am
Egypt Jewish leader backs controversial local candidate to head UNESCO
Magda Harroun praises Moushira Khattab’s commitment ‘to protect Egypt’s Jewish heritage,’ as cultural arm votes to replace leader who had chided states over anti-Israel bias
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egyptian candidate to head UNESCO, Moushira Khattab (CC BY Mahmoud Khattab, Wikimedia Commons)
October 8, 2017, 8:31 pm
Egypt’s UNESCO candidate ‘complicit’ in rights violations, says local lawyer
Criticism by domestic human rights groups mounts against Moushira Khattab, 1 of 8 candidates for UN cultural body’s top job
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egyptian candidate to head UNESCO, Moushira Khattab (CC BY Mahmoud Khattab, Wikimedia Commons)
October 7, 2017, 2:46 pm
Rights groups urge UNESCO to reject Egypt’s nominee for new chief
Key task for next head of UN cultural body is to regain US funding, suspended over perceived anti-Israel bias
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UNESCO headquarters in Paris, October 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
March 17, 2017, 5:40 pm
UN shortlists 9 candidates for UNESCO chief
Four candidates hail from Arab states; Egypt cites its peace with Israel and ‘belief in dialogue’ as reason to select its representative
By AP
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