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In reply to the discussion: US to Pull Out of UNESCO Amid Palestinian Tensions [View all]Mosby
(16,295 posts)7. They decided that the Cave of the Patriarchs is a Palestinian site
Even though it existed before Islam.
Unesco is a joke.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/world/middleeast/unesco-hebron-world-heritage-site-israel-palestinians.html
UNESCO backs resolution ignoring Jewish link to Temple Mount
https://www.timesofisrael.com/unesco-backs-resolution-ignoring-jewish-link-to-temple-mount/
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I was speaking of UNESCO, so your analogy that infers I was speaking of the Palestinians
karynnj
Oct 2017
#34
If aliens came down tomorrow they would gape at the silly shit we fight over...
Baconator
Oct 2017
#15
It's the same bullshit throughout and I d on't think you are capable of seeing it...
Baconator
Oct 2017
#42
As a Jew, I would ask is it not true that Judaism switched from temple worship with animal sacrifice
karynnj
Oct 2017
#35
Again, UNESCO can not hand over land anywhere, anytime They do not have that power
karynnj
Oct 2017
#53
NOTHING trump does is good and EVERYTHING he does is told to him to do by Putin
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2017
#5
Ain't it grand? I travel the world to see UNESCO sites and now my country
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2017
#6
Accept nobody has made those sites Judenrein. That's all I'm saying about the
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2017
#16
Like you, I have enjoyed seeing many of them - most recently Radicofani in Italy
karynnj
Oct 2017
#36