Israel pulls out of seven international agencies following mass US withdrawal

The organisations named are:

1. The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict
2. The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
3. The UN Conference for Trade and Development
4. The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
5. The UN Alliance of Civilisations
6. UN Energy
7. The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

The spokesperson clarified that Israel had already broken ties with the first four, but was now halting all forms of communication, while the latter three were new additions.

They accused most of those listed of promoting an anti-Israel agenda or serving as a "platform for attacks against Israel".

However, it said the withdrawal from UN Energy was because the agency "reflects the excessive and inefficient bureaucracy of the UN", while claiming GFMD "erodes the ability of sovereign nations to enforce their own immigration laws".

"As stated, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will thoroughly examine additional organisations and further decisions will be made later," the statement concluded.