Netanyahu quotes Genesis as evidence of Jewish ties to Hebron

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recites Bible verses referencing Hebron as evidence of the Jewish connection to the West Bank city to protest Friday’s decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to designate the city endangered Palestinian world heritage site.

At the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanayhu reads verses from the book of Genesis that describe the burial place of the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs as being in Hebron.

“The connection between the Jewish people and Hebron and the Tomb of the Patriarchs is one of purchase and of history which may be without parallel in the history of peoples,” he tells ministers.

After the vote, Netanyahu announced an additional $1 million cut from Israel’s UN membership dues in protest of the decision he called “delusional.”