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UNESCO Chief Weighs In On Temple Mount Resolution But Gets Facts Wrong
by Gilead Ini
October 17, 2016

…Just as Palestinians understood the implications of UNESCO’s word choice, so too did the resolution’s many critics. And not least among those critics is the head of UNESCO. In a statement published after the vote, Irina Bokova, the organization’s secretary general, protested that “to deny, conceal or erase any of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions undermines the integrity” of Jerusalem. She urged that political divisions not be carried into UNESCO, and clarified that “The Al Aqsa Mosque / Al-Haram al-Sharif, the sacred shrine of Muslims, is also the Har HaBayit – or Temple Mount – whose Western Wall is the holiest place in Judaism.” Bokova may have had the best intentions in making the statement. But unfortunately, her claim that the Western Wall is “the holiest place in Judaism” is factually incorrect… READ MORE