Israel welcomes election of new UNESCO head

Bokova, a former foreign minister, was elected director general of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation after five rounds of voting by its executive council that eliminated her main rival Faruq Hosni.
Hosni, Egypt's culture minister, was dogged by anti-Semitism accusations after saying last year that he would burn Israeli books.
Despite the controversy, Israel had earlier this year lifted its opposition to his candidacy after a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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