Israeli envoy: UNESCO can’t sever Jewish ties to Jerusalem

4 July 2017, 8:33 pm

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Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon condemns the UNESCO vote today that slams Israel’s “illegal” policies in the Old City of Jerusalem, including archaeological excavations.

The text of the resolution labels Israel the “occupying power” in the area.

“Nothing is more disgraceful than UNESCO declaring the world’s only Jewish state the ‘occupier’ of the Western Wall and Jerusalem’s Old City,” Danon says in a statement. “Yesterday, I toured the City of David and the Old City with UN ambassadors from around the world and explained the deep and ancient connection between the Jewish people and the holiest sites of our nation. No faux ‘heritage committee’ can sever the bonds between our people and Jerusalem.”