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Israel/Palestine

shira

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10. Israel Suspends Cooperation With UNESCO Over Jerusalem Draft

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Fri Oct 14, 2016, 06:50 AM

Oct 2016

JERUSALEM — Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO on Friday, a day after the U.N. cultural agency adopted a draft resolution that Israel says denies the deep, historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem.

UNESCO's draft resolution, sponsored by several Arab countries, uses only the Islamic name for a hilltop compound sacred to both Jews and Muslims, which includes the Western Wall, a remnant of the biblical temple and the holiest site where Jews can pray. The validated resolution is expected early next week, but the wording is unlikely to change.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/10/14/world/middleeast/ap-ml-israel-unesco.html?_r=0

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UNESCO Poised to Pass Resolution Casting Doubt on Jewish Ties to Temple Mount [View all] shira Oct 2016 OP

That's ridiculous. dhol82 Oct 2016 #1

Anti-semitic Historical revisionism is a thing. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2016 #2

Disgusting leftynyc Oct 2016 #3

So what do u think chances are now that Israel agrees to International oversight... shira Oct 2016 #6

Is there a less than 0% leftynyc Oct 2016 #12

Israel is, after all, an occupying power in East Jerusalem, Little Tich Oct 2016 #4

Acknowledge that UNESCO's resolution here is antisemitic. Can you do it? shira Oct 2016 #5

I haven't read the resolution, but doesn't it strike you as strange that only six countries voted Little Tich Oct 2016 #8

Then read it. I'll wait. shira Oct 2016 #9

Strange that only 6 countries voted for the JEWISH state? King_David Oct 2016 #11

This passed 24-6 with many abstentions including France, Sweden, Greece... shira Oct 2016 #7

Israel Suspends Cooperation With UNESCO Over Jerusalem Draft shira Oct 2016 #10

Good leftynyc Oct 2016 #13

This will probably get alerted on Mosby Oct 2016 #14

It's just a clumsy joke by the occupying power trying to formulate feelings of entitlement over what Little Tich Oct 2016 #15

It's a FUNNY joke leftynyc Oct 2016 #29

UNESCO's Reminder to Israel: Jerusalem Is Occupied Territory Little Tich Oct 2016 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Oct 2016 #18

Have you ever heard of the Moroccan quarter in Jerusalem and what happened to it when it was Little Tich Oct 2016 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Oct 2016 #20

Sorry, part of my argument wasn't included in my post. Little Tich Oct 2016 #21

Probably should have left it unincluded. aranthus Oct 2016 #22

So it was OK to raze a whole neighborhood then because they were Moroccans? Little Tich Oct 2016 #23

I did not say that and you know it. aranthus Oct 2016 #25

If there was no systematic political and religious Apartheid in East Jerusalem, Little Tich Oct 2016 #27

Not true aranthus Oct 2016 #28

Let’s talk about what UNESCO resolution does say instead of what it doesn’t Israeli Oct 2016 #17

Haaretz Editorial: UNESCO Was a Diplomatic Defeat for Netanyahu Little Tich Oct 2016 #24

I think the truth in something else aranthus Oct 2016 #26