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UNESCO again tries to deny Jewish connection to Temple Mount
by Matt Wanderman
July 10, 2016

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is again entertaining efforts to deny any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. The motion, which was filed by Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, repeats previous attempts to declare the entire complex as a holy Muslim site and leaves out any relationship to Judaism, even regarding the Kotel. It would require Israel to restore the site to its “historic status quo,” presumably meaning that Jews would be banned from visiting, as was the situation under the Jordanian occupation from 1948 to 1967. READ MORE