Education minister says blackballing of UNESCO to continue

Education Minister Naftali Bennett says today’s UNESCO statement reinforces his decision to suspend cooperation with the UN cultural body.

“This is history denial, and history will render this embarrassing decision as meaningless as previous ones,” Bennett says of today’s decision, which ignores Jewish and Christian links to Jerusalem holy sites.

Bennett suspended ties with UNESCO two weeks ago after a separate panel approved a resolution that erased the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest sites.

“One thing is constant: Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel. Therefore, my decision to suspend our professional activity with UNESCO remains in place,” says Bennett in a statement. “We will not cooperate with an organization denying the Jewish People’s connection to Jerusalem.”