UNESCO Votes Against Jewish Connection to Temple Mount

[Behind the Aegis]

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THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!

A United Nations agency in a preliminary vote has passed a controversial resolution that denies a Jewish connection to the Old City of Jerusalem.

UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — at its executive board’s meeting Thursday in Paris passed the Palestinian-backed measure with 24 votes in favor and 6 against, with 26 countries abstaining.

The United States, the United Kingdom and Germany were among those that voted against the resolution. They were joined by Lithuania, the Netherlands and Estonia. Other European countries abstained.

A final vote reportedly will be taken early next week.

Israel’s permanent delegate to UNESCO, Carmel Shama Hacohen, said of the vote, according to Ynet: “Israel and the Jewish people don’t require UNESCO’s or any other country’s confirmation of the special connection between the Jewish people and the State of Israel and Jerusalem in general and the holy sites therein like the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in particular.

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Once again, anti-Semitism takes center stage and it gathers a collective "yawn". The 26 countries "abstaining" are fucking cowards!

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ETA:

Twenty-four countries voted in favor of the proposal: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chad, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Vietnam.


Six countries voted against it: Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States.



While 26 countries abstained from the vote: Albania, Argentina, Cameroon, El Salvador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Haiti, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Paraguay, Saint Vincent and Nevis, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and Ukraine.

Serbia and Turkmenistan were absent from the vote.
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[EllieBC]

1. The list of countries abstaining made me sick.

Total cowards. And why? Is it simple antisemitism? Why are they so cowardly?

[question everything]

2. Notihing about a vote by the UN or an agency surpises me

(except the one from November 1947).

After all, an agency about human rights include (or included) countries like Uganda and Syria and other "guardians" of human rights.