Czech Parliament Asks Government to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital, Condemns UNESCO

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Czech Parliament Asks Government to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital, Condemns UNESCO

by TheTower.org Staff | 05.24.17 6:28 pm

The lower house of the Czech Republic’s parliament called on the government to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to stop paying dues to UNESCO, the cultural organization of the United Nations, as long as it continued its anti-Israel bias, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday.

The Czech Chamber of Deputies passed two non-binding pro-Israel resolutions in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. One called on the Czech government to “stop all payments of membership fees to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from the state budget this year,” in response to the passage of a resolution earlier this month by UNESCO denying historical Jewish ties to Jerusalem. The government was also asked not to fund UNESCO in the future if it persists in its anti-Israel bias.

In a second resolution the Chamber of Deputies also called on the Czech government to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to endorse direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Daniel Meron, Israel’s ambassador to the Czech Republic, hailed the development saying, “the decision of the parliament to recognize Jerusalem as our capital reflects the will of the Czech nation.”

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