UNESCO’s Jihad against Israel and its Jewish history

There is very clear evidence of the UN’s antipathy towards Israel. But probably the worst institution in this regard is UNESCO, which has steadily, and not so slowly, adopted the Palestinians’ most extreme positions on the status of Jewish historical and holy sites in Israel”."UNESCO’s Jihad against Israel and its Jewish history" Anne's Opinion, 9 July 2017.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of UNESCO’s anti-Jewish resolutions:

 There is no Jewish connection to the Temple Mount
 There is no Jewish connection to the whole of Jerusalem
 That the Tomb of Rachel, the Jewish Matriarch, is in fact a mosque 

[...] On Friday, UNESCO fired their next salvo against the Jews at the prodding of the fakest nation in human history, the Palestinians, by declaring the Machpela Cave, or the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, as “an endangered Palestinian site”. The Cave of Machpela, or the Cave of the Patriarchs, in Hebron The Machpela, just to remind you, is the traditionally recognized burial place of the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah. 

The vote took place by secret ballot at the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s 41st annual summit, which is currently taking place in Krakow, Poland.
Twelve countries voted in favor of the move to inscribe Hebron’s Old City, including the Tomb, as an endangered heritage site, while three opposed it. Six countries abstained.  The membership of this year’s Heritage committee includes five countries with which Israel does not have diplomatic ties, and a number of others that routinely support pro-Palestinian resolutions. The 21 member states are Angola, Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Cuba, Finland, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. The list of those “enlightened” countries makes it clear that there is no possibility of Israel receiving a fair hearing at that institution while they are on the committee. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon slammed the decision. “This attempt to sever the ties between Israel and Hebron is shameful and offensive, and eliminates UNESCO’s last remaining shred of credibility. To disassociate Israel from the burial grounds of the patriarchs and matriarchs of our nation is an ugly display of discrimination, and an act of aggression against the Jewish people.”

 Besides UNESCO’s declarations against Jewish links to holy sites, UNESCO has also placed other places in Israel “in danger”: The Tomb of the Patriarchs, revered as the Biblical burial place of the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs, is now the third cultural site on UNESCO’s “List of World Heritage in Danger” that is registered as located in the “State of Palestine.” The other two are the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem and the “cultural landscape of Southern Jerusalem,” around Battir. Israel says the Hebron resolution — which refers to the city as “Islamic” — denies thousands of years of Jewish connection there. It is shameful that Jews have to fight for right to exist in the land that for 33 centuries they have called home.