Posted on 10/16/2016 10:08:08 AM PDT by Olog-hai
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon distanced himself on Sunday from a recent UNESCO resolution which failed to acknowledge the ties between the Jewish people and the Temple Mount.
Israel suspended its cooperation with the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), claiming the draft resolution it adopted on Thursday denies the deep, historic Jewish connection to the holy sites in Jerusalem. The resolution refers to the holiest site in Judaism—the Temple Mount—only by its Muslim name, Al-Haram Al Sharif.
“The Secretary-General reaffirms the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions and stresses the importance of the religious and historical link of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian peoples to the holy site,” said a statement read by the UN Spokesperson on behalf of Ban. …
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That resolution was 100% Antisemitic!!! Probably authored, proposed, by Islamists.
The Islamic claim to the Temple Mount based on Mohammad’s travels to it, are preposterous.
One guy shows up (may or may not have), and thus the Mount is thereby claimed in perpetuity?
Islam has no business there. Israel does.
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