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UNESCO Rules Burial Site Of Biblical Jewish Patriarchs Isn’t Jewish, But Palestinian

Hank Berrien

On Friday, UNESCO’s 21-member World Heritage committee made one of the most egregiously anti-Semitic, and by extension, anti-Christian rulings in the U.N.’s history, voting to assert that the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron was part of Palestine, not Israel. Twelve countries approved this ruling; three objected and six abstained. After Jerusalem, Hebron is the second-holiest city for the Jewish people.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the vote as “delirious,” blasting:

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