Hotovely rejects ‘absurd’ UNESCO resolution as ‘fake history’

1 May 2017, 5:40 pm

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Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely releases a video ahead of Tuesday’s UNESCO vote on a resolution that rejects Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem and criticizes construction and tunneling in the Old City.

Hotovely, a minister with the religious nationalist Jewish Home party, calls the vote “absurd” and the resolution “fake history.”

“UNESCO has long been politicized and unfortunately has become a tool in the service of Palestinian propaganda against Israel,” she says. “Such absurd and historically baseless resolutions undermine UNESCO’s mission of safeguarding humanity’s cultural heritage.”