The United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has passed a resolution declaring the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, which includes the Tomb of the Patriarchs, as an endangered Palestinian world heritage site.
The decision is the second anti-Israel resolution in a week to emerge from Unesco World Heritage Committee’s 41st annual summit, currently taking place in Krakow, Poland.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, said: “This attempt to sever the ties between Israel and Hebron is shameful and offensive, and eliminates Unesco’s last remaining shred of credibility. To disassociate Israel from the burial grounds of the patriarchs and matriarchs of our nation is an ugly display of discrimination, and an act of aggression against the Jewish people.”
However, the Palestinians hailed it as a victory against Israeli and American opposition.
