Winston Churchill 1899:
“Individual Moslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the
social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.”
Posted on 05/17/2018 4:29:56 AM PDT by SJackson
Palestinian Authority Will Use Upcoming UNESCO Meeting to Claim Ownership of Dead Sea Scrolls Site, Jewish Group Reveals
A leading Jewish human rights organization disclosed on Wednesday that it had received advance warning of a Palestinian attempt to claim ownership of the historic Jewish site of Qumran, in the West Bank, at a forthcoming meeting of the UN’s educational and cultural agency UNESCO. Shimon Samuels — director for International Relations at the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) — said in a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay that he had “learned from UNESCO Arab Group sources of an apparent plan by the Palestinian delegation to claim the Qumran Caves and the Dead Sea Scrolls at the May 30-31 May session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of Illicit Appropriation (ICPRCP), at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.” Contemporary knowledge of Jewish society and life in Israel during the Hellenic and Roman periods was given an extraordinary boost by the discovery of eleven scrolls in the caves of Khirbet Qumran, near the Dead Sea, between 1947 and 1956. UNESCO’s own description of the site notes that the series of scrolls, written mainly in Hebrew and Aramaic, “provides us with valuable information about the history of Judaism and the early phase of Christianity.” Samuels said that the Palestinian bid to claim Qumran “continues the antics of annual historical revisionism at UNESCO to validate a Palestinian mythology.” In that regard, he cited the Palestinian campaign over the last several years to claim as “Muslim” historic Jewish sites like Jerusalem’s Western Wall and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Pointing to the recent discovery in the scrolls of references to Jewish rites in the Temple in Jerusalem, Samuels asked, “if the Palestinians reject the existence of a Jewish Temple Mount in Jerusalem, why would they seek to own the proofs positive of that Temple’s Jewish validity?”
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They want the scrolls as well as the site. UNESCO will side with the Palestinians.
To destroy them.........
“...“if the Palestinians reject the existence of a Jewish Temple Mount in Jerusalem, why would they seek to own the proofs positive of that Temple’s Jewish validity?”...”
Silly Rabbit, so they can destroy them and then claim they never existed.
This is why you ANNEX land you reconquer from occupiers, and don’t play diplomatic patty cake with them.
Looks like another Nikki Haley “mike drop” opportunity.
Winston Churchill 1899:
“Individual Moslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the
social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.”
Just another attempt to destroy the Biblical history of the Children of Israel in their land! Palestinians need to be REMOVED!!!
Silly Rabbit, so they can destroy them and then claim they never existed.
Shouldn’t that be silly rabbi?
Because muslims have shown themselves to be such excellent stewards of human history.
It is long past time to end the occupancy of Jewish lands by Arabs.
Remember the Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
I have been both to Qumran and the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. I have seen the Great Isaiah Scroll, and have marveled at knowing that the text is nearly 100% the same as what we read today.
Seeing the Scrolls has filled me with wonder and faith and awe for Our Mighty God, The One True God of the Universe, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
I bless and thank the People of Israel who welcome me, a Christian, to experience this.
Ask yourself...would ANY Muslim -controlled country do the same?
The PA is NOT a government. It is only a terrorist organization funded by Iran.
Since there is no Palestine, there is no soverign claim.
This topic was posted , thanks SJackson.
“if the Palestinians reject the existence of a Jewish Temple Mount in Jerusalem, why would they seek to own the proofs positive of that Temple’s Jewish validity?”
Because then it would just disappear...
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