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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Wed May 3, 2017, 09:39 AM May 2017

After UNESCO Jerusalem vote, Israel cuts UN funding

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization of attempting to negate his country's claim to Jerusalem. At its Paris headquarters on Tuesday, Israel's independence day, UNESCO's executive board committee passed a resolution declaring the nation's claim to Jerusalem "null and void."

In Israel's latest diplomatic spat, officials summoned Carl Magnus Nesser, Sweden's ambassador to Tel Aviv, to express their "disappointment" after Sweden became the only EU country to vote for the resolution.

The text denounced actions taken by "Israel, the occupying power ... to alter the character and status of the holy city of Jerusalem" and criticized the country's annexation of Jerusalem in 1967 - a move never internationally recognized. The resolution also criticizes Israel's excavations in East Jerusalem and two sites in the West Bank as well as its blockade of the Gaza Strip, calling them violations of international law.

The Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry praised the resolution for reaffirming "the centrality of Jerusalem to world heritage, as well as the need to confront the dangers posed by the illegal practices of Israel, the occupying power ... which threaten the cultural and historical integrity of these invaluable sites."

http://www.dw.com/en/after-unesco-jerusalem-vote-israel-cuts-un-funding/a-38678817
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After UNESCO Jerusalem vote, Israel cuts UN funding (Original Post) oberliner May 2017 OP
The last paragraph is a good example of media bias against Israel and Jews Mosby May 2017 #1
Yep oberliner May 2017 #2
not much muhamed g May 2017 #3
That depends on who you compare them to FBaggins May 2017 #4

Mosby

(17,287 posts)
1. The last paragraph is a good example of media bias against Israel and Jews
Wed May 3, 2017, 01:07 PM
May 2017
...Some Jews refer to the site as the Temple Mount and consider it the holiest site in Judaism. Israel recalled its ambassador to UNESCO over that issue.


Only some Jews, probably the bad ones.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
2. Yep
Wed May 3, 2017, 02:37 PM
May 2017

In October, UNESCO passed a resolution that criticized Israel for restricting access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in annexed east Jerusalem. Some Jews refer to the site as the Temple Mount and consider it the holiest site in Judaism.

or

In October, UNESCO passed a resolution that criticized Israel for restricting access to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Some Muslims refer to the site as the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and consider it a holy site in Islam.

FBaggins

(27,461 posts)
4. That depends on who you compare them to
Mon May 8, 2017, 05:49 PM
May 2017

Compared to the US contribution? No... it's "not much"

Compared to Syria/Jordan/Egypt/Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority combined? It's quite a bit.

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