TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed the latest “absurd” resolution passed by the UN’s cultural agency calling Israeli presence in Jerusalem “illegal,” and ordered that funds to the international body be cut again by another $1 million.
In the aftermath of the passage of a UNESCO resolution calling Israel’s presence in Jerusalem “illegal,” President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday urged the world to recognize the city as the capital of the Jewish state and to transfer their embassies there.
TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority is preparing to demand that UNESCO force Israel to return the Dead Sea Scrolls, one of the Jewish state’s most important archeological treasures and proof of Jewish existence in the land two millennia ago.
TEL AVIV – Christians all over the world have been called upon by the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem to mail bibles to UNESCO leadership in Paris in response to the recent UNESCO resolutions erasing Jewish and Christian ties to the Temple Mount.
TEL AVIV – God promised the Holy Land to the people of Israel, Pope Francis said during a speech at the Vatican on Wednesday.
TEL AVIV – U.S. lawmakers are pressuring UNESCO members to vote against a resolution Wednesday that ignores Jewish and Christian ties to the Temple Mount.
TEL AVIV – UNESCO chief Irina Bokova has received “death threats” after criticizing an Arab-backed resolution denying Jewish history in Jerusalem, Israel’s ambassador to the UN organization said on Monday.
TEL AVIV – The chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday lashed back at Jordan’s allegations of Israeli misconduct at the Temple Mount, saying the holy site will not be governed by the rules of Mecca and Medina, the Saudi Arabian cities where entrance is prohibited to non-Muslims.
TEL AVIV – As Jews worldwide mark Tisha Be’Av, the Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the Second Temple at the hands of the Roman Empire in 70 CE, Jewish archeologists recount the challenges in unearthing Jewish artefacts that prove the unbreakable bond between the land of Israel and the Jewish people.
TEL AVIV – Members of a UN agency who attempt to erase Jewish and Christian ties to Jerusalem’s Old City are damaging its status as a World Heritage site for all three monotheistic religions, UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova warned on Friday.
TEL AVIV – The UNESCO vote on a controversial resolution ignoring Jewish historical ties to the Temple Mount was postponed Tuesday after Israel enlisted the help of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany to counter the draft text.
