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UN Relents, Will Allow Exhibit to Call Jerusalem the Eternal Capital of the Jewish People
(JNS) Mike Wagenheim - According to a diplomatic source, the UN has relented and will allow Israel to display an exhibit on Israel's parliament, the Knesset, at UN headquarters in New York. The world body had conditioned its permission on Israel agreeing to the removal of some content, including references to Jerusalem as the country's capital. Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan fought back, and an agreement was reached whereby all content will remain, and Israel will add a disclaimer noting the objections. Erdan had written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, saying, "The impertinent demand of the UN to censor the exhibit and remove pictures that reflect our national history is, in fact, a request to rewrite Israel's history and we will not agree to that in any way."