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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Israel to recall ambassador to UNESCO — report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will order home Israel’s ambassador to UNESCO to protest recent resolutions denying Jewish links to Jerusalem holy sites, several Hebrew-language media outlets report.
A senior government official says Netanyahu will make a formal announcement later today at an event in Herzliya.
Israel’s ambassador to UNESCO Carmel Shama-Hacohen throws a copy of the resolution in the trash on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. (Erez Lichtfeld)
Today’s UNESCO resolution echoed last week’s decision in referring to the Temple Mount compound solely by its Muslim names, “Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif,” and defined it only as “a Muslim holy site of worship.”
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