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April 17 - PM: UNESCO ignoring historic Jewish ties to Temple Mount

Article: Israel And The Last Days
 
UNESCO votes to accept Palestinian request to refer to Temple Mount as "Al-Aqsa Mosque" • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: U.N. is rewriting a basic part of human history and has proven again there is no low to which it will not stoop. 

UNESCO, the United Nations body responsible for protecting historical and archeological sites throughout the world, has changed its language for the Temple Mount, acquiescing last week to a request by the Palestinian Authority that it refer to the site using the term "Al-Aqsa mosque" only.

This means that the organization has de facto accepted the Palestinian position that denies any connection between Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount) and the Jewish Temples and rejected Israel's position that the Temple Mount is the holiest site for the Jewish people.

 

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