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GOOD OL’ U.N.: UNESCO Says Two Of Judaism’s Holiest Sites Are Palestinian

Hank Berrien

When critics of Israel slam the Jewish state and the United States for their decision to exit UNESCO later this year, they blithely ignore the organization’s history of anti-Israel actions.

That was demonstrated again on Wednesday, when the PX Commission of the Executive Board of UNESCO adopted resolutions that reiterated that two of the holiest places in Jewish history, the Tomb of the Patriarchs, where the Biblical Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, and Leah are buried, as well as Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem, are “an integral part of the Occupied Palestinian territory.”

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