After UNESCO
If UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon meant to give a lecture to the 'Palestinians' last week, they have not taken the hint. The use of their UNESCO membership has only just begun. They now want to prosecute Israel in international courts for stealing their 'culture.' “Now that we have joined UNESCO, we will take Israel to court for systematically destroying and forging Arab and Islamic culture in Jerusalem,” said Hatem Abdel Qader, former PA Minister for Jerusalem Affairs. “We are also seeking to file lawsuits against Israel in international courts and bodies for stealing Arab and Islamic antiquities and assaulting Islamic and Christian holy sites.”Israel should withdraw from UNESCO altogether and encourage others to do the same. Why should we allow ourselves to be abused?
Abdel Qader told the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper that Israeli renovations of Jerusalem’s Old City walls and excavation work in the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque were part of an attempt to change the Islamic and Arabic character of the city and steal and destroy antiquities.
Abdel Qader said that the Palestinians were also planning legal action against Israel for its intention to demolish the Mughrabi Bridge at the southern entrance to the Temple Mount.
The Jerusalem Municipality announced recently that it would demolish the bridge due to safety concerns, in spite of the Islamic Wakf’s objection.
The reasons cited were the minor earthquake earlier this year, snowfall and natural erosion that have made the wooden structure unstable as well as being flammable.
The Palestinians are also planning to ask UNESCO to declare several sites in Jerusalem and the West Bank as international heritage sites belonging to Palestine, not Israel.
Labels: Palestinian Authority, Temple Mount, UNESCO
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:50 PM
3 Comments:
"Why should we allow ourselves to be abused?" Why, indeed?
And why should the US continue to fund such abuse of Israel and even its self?
It is past time to withdraw from the UN and to reevaluate all of our treaties and international agreements, and selectively choose only those organizations that are in harmony with our own national interests and those of our Allies.
Borrowing money from China to fund the UN and our other avowed enemies is not absurd, it insanity.
Their personnel could be persona non grata. But don't look to that to happen.
The only group that stole Palestinian culture was the Manson Family
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