UNESCO: Jerusalem’s Old City Not Jewish
The resolution passed with 10 votes in favor, two against, and eight abstentions in a secret ballot, PNN reported.
The resolution denounces Israeli settler enterings into Al-Aqsa mosque and ongoing excavations carried out by Israeli Occupation Authorities under Al-Aqsa mosque, and call for a halt to these aggressions.
It refers to sites in Jerusalem with their Islamic Arab names, like the previous resolution,which refers to the proclaimed Hebrew Har HaBayt (Temple Mount) with its Muslim name (Al-Aqsa Mosque and Haram al-Sharif).
The previous resolution, put forth by the Palestinians along with Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, condemns Israel on several issues related to Jerusalem and its holy sites.
The resolution said that the site is sacred to all religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism, but fails to find any historic or religious ties to Judaism, as the Zionist regime claims.
