PA Slams Israel for Calling Off Politicized UNESCO Mission

Arutz Sheva ^ | 31/5/13 | Elad Benari

[Eleutheria5]

The Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry slammed Israel on Thursday for having called off a United Nations investigative mission to Jerusalem's Old City, calling it an act of "contempt of international law and institutions," according to AFP.

The ministry said it "condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision of Israel, the occupying power, to prevent the technical mission of UNESCO from carrying its monitoring mission in the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls."

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was scheduled earlier this month to assess the state of the Old City of Jerusalem, the first such monitoring mission since 2004, following pressure from Jordan and the PA, which became a member of the organization in 2011.

Ahead of the start of the delegation's work, Israel called it off, explaining that the PA was were trying to "politicize" it contrary to understandings reached by the sides, and to change the action plan UNESCO decided upon in 2010.

The UN group claimed it wanted to visit Jerusalem to catalog the sites, and that the trip was to be professional in nature – and that it would not have a political character. On that basis, the government agreed to allow the group into Israel.

But in reality, a government source explained when the visit was cancelled, UNESCO officials had set up several meetings with Arab activists, Palestinian Authority figures, and terrorists, giving the visit a political, not professional, character.

As such, UNESCO lied, the source said, violating the agreement with Israel – and thus the entire visit would be cancelled.

The PA slammed Israel's decision as "yet another manifestation of its contempt of international law and institutions that represent it, as well as to the states sponsoring this consensus," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

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[Eleutheria5]

That contempt is well-earned.

[JRandomFreeper]

Them Pali's are some whiney b--ches, ain't they?

/johnny

[humblegunner]

Hey, there you go posting from the only source you ever post from.

Isn’t that just a hell of a coincidence?

[Irenic]

“condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision of Israel”

I picture them rolling on the floor, kicking their feet and wailing...temper tantrum

[Eleutheria5]

Now they’ll just have to pose as tourists and take pictures of a bunch of holy sites, and then meet with terrorists, activists, and finally PA publicists to arrange a rock throwing. Or maybe they can disguise themselves as journalists?

[faithhopecharity]

My Lord, the Israeli govt actually had the cajones to FINALLY tell the pathetic UN Nazi liars to Stay Away!???????

This calls for a big CELEBRATION!

Way to go, Israel!

Now get back to building houses!