Photo Credit: UNOPS website
UNOPS original ad

The United Nations Office for Project Services hurriedly removed a job offer on Monday which advertised for a position in “Jerusalem, Palestine (state of).”

UNOPS original ad

After being notified Monday by The Jerusalem Post about the listing, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, demanded UN officials remove the listing and implement reforms.

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“It is unacceptable for UN agencies to not only attempt to change the political facts on the ground, but to question the connection between the State of Israel and our capital of Jerusalem,” the ambassador told Under Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo.

“This posting must be removed immediately and UNOPS must conduct a complete overhaul of its operating procedures to ensure that such inappropriate behavior not occur again.”

UNOPS changed the job offer within hours, and then cancelled the position entirely.

Within hours the wording was changed, and the position itself was canceled.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.