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UNESCO classifies ancient Jericho as 'Palestinian heritage site'
Arutz Sheva ^ | 17/9/23

Posted on 09/17/2023 1:54:33 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

The Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Sunday that one of the newest entries on the organization's list of global heritage sites is Tel a-Sultan in Jericho.

The UNESCO member states decided that the tel will be considered a "Palestinian world heritage site." The decision was made in a vote that took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The UN clarified that there are Jewish and Christian sites near the site that are not included in the list - but there is a value to protect them.

Tel a-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho, is the central tel in the city. It sits at 21 meters above its surroundings and is 40 dunams wide. It includes many archaeological findings, including the round tower of Jericho, which is 8.50 meters wide, and what remains of it is 7.70 meters tall. The first settlement of the tel is estimated to be in 9500 BCE.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry was infuriated by the decision, which, according to them, was made despite the many true efforts by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, and stated that they "see the decision as another sign of the Palestinians' cynical use of UNESCO and the politicization of the organization. Israel will work with its many allies in the organization to change the distorted decisions that were made."

MK Dan Illouz (Likud) reached out to the UNESCO CEO this week and asked her to prevent the classification of ancient Jericho as a Palestinian heritage site, but sources in the Foreign Ministry say "UNESCO's decision is not related to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and it is a shame to present it as such. It is a professional decision related to an ancient site...

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Somebody or a whole lot of bodies have got a few screws loose.
1 posted on 09/17/2023 1:54:33 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Ignorant of history, the illiterate ignorant Islamic sand people will do and say anything to further Islamic causes.

Globally.

Its an abuse of the intended purpose of the “UN”. A fraud. But what do you expect from the OIC?


2 posted on 09/17/2023 2:05:48 PM PDT by himno hero (had'nff )
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To: Eleutheria5

wait, what? Being declared a country doesn’t make you one. when did Palestine have any country boundaries?


3 posted on 09/17/2023 2:10:28 PM PDT by stylin19a (The #1 Golf rule you MUST follow: take car keys out of golf bag before throwing it into the creek)
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To: Eleutheria5

Um, a Pali-whut ?


4 posted on 09/17/2023 2:13:01 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Eleutheria5
Jericho was a Canaanite city before the Israelites crossed the Jordan (what it was initially no one knows--there would not have been anyone recognizable as a Canaanite at that time), but the Philistines (who gave their name to Syria Palaestina) did not control that part of the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

I thought "dunam" was a unit of area (analogous to an acre), not a unit of length.

5 posted on 09/17/2023 2:40:49 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

I thought “dunam” was a unit of area (analogous to an acre), not a unit of length.

It is.


6 posted on 09/17/2023 2:59:38 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Joshua fought the battle of Jericho


7 posted on 09/17/2023 3:58:55 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Eleutheria5; SJackson; Conservat1; Jewbacca; MarvinStinson; StayAt HomeMother; ...
Thanks Eleutheria5.

8 posted on 09/17/2023 4:40:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: All

it is listed as associated with the “state of palestine.”

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1687

the state of palistine has a unesco website:

https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ps


9 posted on 09/17/2023 4:56:42 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: Eleutheria5

Yes. These people really are this stupid.


10 posted on 09/17/2023 6:43:21 PM PDT by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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To: Eleutheria5
They should just find an abandoned plot of land that nobody wants and call it Arafatistan.

-PJ

11 posted on 09/17/2023 6:46:31 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: himno hero; vpintheak

I see this all the time on here: its usually calling leftists politicians and professors and world leaders and leftist organizations “ignorant” or “stupid” etc. Assuming they do what they do out of abject ignorance and stupidity is why they keep winning. They are neither stupid nor ignorant nor idiotic. Their sycophants, the average peasant lefty that votes, THEY are dumb. Those that craft the narratives are not. They know EXACTLY what they say and write and do, which is why THEY have brought us the brink of a Leninist-Maoist revolution the world over. If you want THEM to succeed then keep stupidly assuming THEY are the dumb ones.


12 posted on 09/17/2023 7:21:16 PM PDT by brent13a
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To: brent13a

Yes, you are correct.


13 posted on 09/17/2023 7:27:30 PM PDT by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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To: Eleutheria5
Looks like I pinged it at the time, but forgot to add the keyword, orrrr, it was removed.
Meanwhile, at the United Nations, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the violence grew out of "a 56-year long occupation and no political end in sight."
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14 posted on 10/13/2023 8:40:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Whoever owns the site land gets to decide which is “heritage” or not. UNESCO can suck it.


15 posted on 10/13/2023 8:41:58 AM PDT by Gaffer
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