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People check Roman-era ruins after an Israeli airstrike hit an area nearby, in the southern port city of Tyre, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
July 22, 2026, 10:34 pm
UNESCO adds war-hit Lebanese city of Tyre to list of world heritage sites in danger
The ancient coastal city has been caught up in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and one of two protected sites suffered a direct hit from an Israeli strike in June
By AFP and Lazar Berman
In this April 12, 2018 picture shows Palestinian alternate ambassador to UNESCO Mounir Anastas, right, UNESCO Director General France's Audrey Azoulay, left, and Israeli UNESCO ambassador Carmel Shama Hacohen speak after a meeting in Paris, France. Diplomats at UNESCO are hailing a possible breakthrough on longstanding Israeli-Arab tensions at the UN cultural agency. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
June 26, 2018, 12:56 pm
Citing ‘new spirit’ at UNESCO, Israeli envoy wants to rethink withdrawal
After cultural agency again postpones Israel-related resolutions, Carmel Shama Hacohen says Washington and Jerusalem should at least consider a ‘certain delay’ before quitting
By Raphael Ahren
View of Jerusalem showing the Old City in the foreground against new parts of the city in the background, January 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2017, 8:39 pm
UNESCO panel okays softened text blasting Israel over Jerusalem activity
Israel slams surprise vote by World Heritage Committee condemning ‘illegal’ Old City digs, urges delegates in Poland to stand in silence for Holocaust victims
By Raphael Ahren
A view of the newly opened Mikveh Trail below Jerusalem's Old City walls. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 4, 2017, 1:51 pm
UNESCO set to pass yet another critical resolution on Jerusalem
Cultural agency’s World Heritage Committee advances date of planned debate over Old City walls; softened text likely to pass
By Raphael Ahren and Dov Lieber
Illustrative: A general view of the West Bank city of Hebron with the Tomb of the Patriarchs at center, on January 18, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/ Flash90)
July 3, 2017, 4:55 am
UNESCO World Heritage meet opens amid tensions over Hebron motion
Cultural body to vote on Palestinian request to add Tomb of Patriarchs to list of endangered sites
By ToI Staff and AP
Former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni and senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat attend the World Economic Forum held in the Dead Sea resort of Shuneh, west of the Jordanian capital Amman, on May 20, 2017. (AFP Khalil Mazraawi)
July 1, 2017, 5:33 pm
Livni urges UNESCO not to pass Hebron decision
Former foreign minster speaks at UN body despite anti-Israel bias in bid to ward off new move to designate Tomb of the Patriarchs part of Palestine
By ToI Staff
A Jewish settler sits outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
June 25, 2017, 11:25 pm
Ahead of UNESCO vote on Hebron, Israel bars fact-finding mission from city
Since move to add Tomb of Patriarchs to list of endangered sites seems like a foregone conclusion, Jerusalem says expert commission a waste of time
By Raphael Ahren
Israel's ambassador to UNESCO Carmel Shama-Hacohen throws a copy of the resolution in the trash on Wed., October 26, 2016. (Erez Lichtfeld)
October 26, 2016, 6:56 pm
After 2nd anti-Israel vote, PM recalls envoy to UNESCO
Netanyahu summons Carmel Shama-Hacohen for consultations after organization approves another resolution ignoring Jewish links to Jerusalem’s holy places
By ToI Staff
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voting on a resolution ignoring Jewish and Christian ties to Jerusalem's Old City in Paris, October 26, 2016 (screen shot UNESCO website)
October 26, 2016, 11:48 am
UNESCO adopts another resolution ignoring Jewish link to Temple Mount
In secret ballot, cultural body’s World Heritage Committee approves text using only the site’s Muslim name; 10 states vote in favor, 2 oppose, 8 abstain
By Raphael Ahren
An aerial view of Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
October 26, 2016, 9:00 am
Another UNESCO panel set to deny Jewish link to Temple Mount
Despite Israeli efforts, World Heritage Committee will likely accept a resolution using only the Muslim name for the site
By Raphael Ahren
The Palestinian flag is raised outside the headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, in a formal ceremony marking Palestine’s full admission into the organization as its 195th member, in December 2011. (UN/UNESCO/Danica Bijeljac)
October 25, 2016, 1:46 pm
PA warns UNESCO members they’d better support upcoming Jerusalem vote
Ramallah, Amman threaten ‘other options’ if ‘consensus’ text slamming Israel is not approved unanimously; Israel: PA are ‘liars, bullies,’ pushing ‘biased’ resolutions
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian walk past the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Jerusalem's Temple Mount during the "tarawih" prayer marking the first evening of Islam's holy month of Ramadan, on June 6, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
October 25, 2016, 6:38 am
US lawmakers urge UNESCO panel to reject text erasing Jewish ties to Temple Mount
Senators, Congressmen call on World Heritage Committee to vote against ‘yet another attempt to rewrite history’
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
An Orthodox Jew stands facing the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on July 24, 2013. (Lucie March/Flash90)
October 23, 2016, 1:20 am
Another UNESCO panel to vote on text erasing Jewish ties to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
Agency’s World Heritage Committee set on Wednesday to approve resolution that makes no mention of Jewish or Christian links to holy city
By Raphael Ahren
The Church of the Nativity (left) and the 19th-century mosque of Omar ibn al-Khattab looking over Manger Square in Bethlehem (photo credit: Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)
June 27, 2012, 10:58 pm
Palestinians make final push to have Bethlehem church recognized as endangered Heritage site
Israel: Palestinians using Church of the Nativity campaign to bash the Jewish state
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
June 23, 2012, 1:57 pm
Palestinians push for Church of the Nativity to become World Heritage site
US, others worry PA using back-door politics to gain legitimacy for its UN statehood bid
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