FOREIGN MIN. BLASTS ‘OFFENSIVE’ UNESCO TEMPLE MOUNT RESOLUTION:

Dore Gold, Director of Israel's Foreign Ministry, blasted a draft resolution being considered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization committee (UNESCO) recognizing the Old City of Jerusalem's unique place in history - as a "Muslim site." In a letter publicized on 11 July 2016, Gold ridiculed the document as "a completely one-sided draft" that "deliberately ignores the historical connection between the Jewish people and their ancient capital." The resolution describes the Temple Mount, the site of Solomon's Temple and later Herod's Temple and the holiest place in Judaism, merely as a "Muslim holy site of worship. Gold slammed UNESCO's de-Judaization of the Temple Mount in its draft resolution as an "effort to distort history," one which is "totally disconnected from reality."

When UNESCO’s 58-member Executive Board met in April 2016 it adopted a resolution whose language ignored Jewish ties to the Temple Mount. The resolution now before the World Heritage Committee, "also fails to acknowledge Christianity’s ties to Jerusalem,” Gold said. "Since Jews returned to the Old City they have defended the rights of all three faiths. We urge you to oppose this effort to distort history, which will offend the members of the Jewish and Christian faiths, and undermine the credibility of UNESCO in the future,” Gold wrote. The resolution is due to be voted on shortly by the 21-members of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee now meeting in Istanbul. (INN/J. Post) Pray that yet another underhanded scheme backed by the Palestinians to erase the Biblical and historical connection of the Jewish people and the Christian faith to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount will meet with outrage and a veto from world leaders.