UNESCO's Jerusalem Lies

"Earlier this month, coinciding with Israel's 69th Independence Day, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed a resolution entitled 'Occupied Palestine.' The resolution denies Israel any sovereign claim to its own capital city, Jerusalem, and falsely describes Israel as the city's 'occupying power.' The anti-Israel measure also speaks of the 'cultural heritage of Palestine and the distinctive character of East Jerusalem.'

Clearly, the intention of the UNESCO resolution is to repudiate Israel's Jewish history and sovereignty in favor of Arab claims.

Lying behind this Arab diplomatic offensive is an Arab street and Muslim world, neither of which have reconciled themselves to Israel's existence nor even the peoplehood of the Jews - and thus the Jewish immemorial association and claim to Jerusalem...

Whatever form a final peace settlement might one day take, there is no morally just or legally sound reason to inflate or fabricate Muslim claims on Jerusalem, while denying the city's Jewish primacy and history.

The Trump administration rightly condemned the UNESCO resolution. It should now defund UN bodies that practice this form of delegitimizing political warfare against Israel - starting with UNESCO."