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UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem stirs Israeli anger
Associated Press ^ | Apr 21, 2016 12:52 PM EDT | Raphael Satter

Posted on 04/21/2016 10:16:07 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The Israeli government and Jewish groups have expressed outrage at a resolution adopted by the U.N. cultural agency that put the Western Wall Plaza in quotation marks, described Jewish sites as “so-called” and even claimed that some Jewish graves were bogus.

The resolution, sponsored by several Arab countries and adopted by UNESCO’s 58-nation executive board last week, condemned the Israeli government’s stewardship of east Jerusalem, home to the city’s most sensitive holy sites.

The April 15 document also decried the renovation of “so-called Jewish ritual baths” and the alleged creation of “Jewish fake graves.” Sites were either referred to by their Arabic or English names or, in the case of the Western Wall Plaza, the holiest site where Jews can pray, were put in quotes. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: eastjerusalem; israel; jerusalem; letshavejerusalem; rop; templemount; unesco; waronterror

1 posted on 04/21/2016 10:16:07 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Is the UN prepared to enforce their declarations?


2 posted on 04/21/2016 10:21:58 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug; SkyPilot

Eventually......for a little while.......

Daniel 7:7-8 King James Version (KJV)

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.


3 posted on 04/21/2016 10:36:41 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
The April 15 document also decried the renovation of "so-called Jewish ritual baths" and the alleged creation of "Jewish fake graves."
Despite the existence of laws and regs against hate speech and various zero tolerance policies, faculty jackasses (and jillasses) who refer to such blatant neo-Nazi Arab agitprop as if it is true still have jobs, still receive degrees, etc.
KEYWORDS: mikvah; mikveh

4 posted on 04/21/2016 1:59:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Olog-hai

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5 posted on 04/22/2016 11:09:55 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: SunkenCiv

“Jennyasses”, right?


6 posted on 04/22/2016 11:12:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

;’)


7 posted on 04/22/2016 3:14:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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