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UNESCO on the Temple Mount

(Jerusalem Post) Editorial - The underlying assumption behind Palestinian activism in UNESCO seems to be that if Jews' ties to Jerusalem and to the Temple can be denied or questioned, it serves the cause of Muslims. Conversely, admitting the simple historical truth that there was a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount calls into question Palestinian claims that they are the indigenous population and the Jews are trespassers. No one with intellectual honesty seriously doubts that the Jewish people has religious, cultural and historical ties to the Land of Israel. Any attempt to deny these ties is a perversion of science. That UNESCO is lending its hand to such perversion is a tragic testimony to the sorrowful state of UN institutions.
2016-10-13 00:00:00
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