Palestine secures seat in UNESCO despite US threats http://rt.com/news/palestine-unesco-181/ Palestine has received membership in the UN’s education, science and culture body after 107 of the 173 member states voted for it, with 41 against. The US objected to the move and threatened to curb its donations to the organization.


Ex-soldier jailed for leaking Israeli assassination policy http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/exsoldier-jailed-for-leaking-israeli-assassination-policy-6255048.html  Israel has sentenced a former soldier to four and a half years in prison for leaking classified documents to a journalist who used them to expose an alleged army policy to assassinate wanted Palestinian militants in violation of court rulings.