Congress Pushes Back Against U.N. Move to Nix Judaism From Jerusalem
Posted By Adam Kredo On October 14, 2016 @ 3:42 pm In National Security | No Comments
Congress is pushing back against a United Nations body that moved this week to designate Judaism’s holiest site in Jerusalem as only having connections to Islam, according to new communication by Congress to the U.N.’s secretary general-elect.
The U.N.’s Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, moved forward with a resolution backed by a delegation of Arab nations that would effectively strip Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the most holy place in Jewish tradition, of any connection to the Jewish people.
The Temple Mount is currently home to several holy mosques, but is also considered of particular importance to the Jewish people. The area contains the Western Wall, or Kotel, one of the last remaining pieces of Judaism’s ancient temple site.
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