Outpouring of Christian Support for Israel, Decrying UNESCO Resolution

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Oct 25, 2016
Breaking Israel News

"This represents a calculated insult against the Jewish people as well as an affront to over two billion Christians worldwide who know full well that as a faithful Jew, Jesus regularly visited the holy Jewish Temple on this site, taught there, and was zealous for its calling as a 'house of prayer for all nations'." -ICEJ Executive Director Dr. Jürgen Bühler

(Israel)—[Breaking Israel News] An outpouring of Christian support for Israel and decrying the UNESCO vote began during Sukkot, a Jewish holiday prophesied to have multi-national relevance. (Photo: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock / via BIN)

The resolution passed last week on the day after Yom Kippur, and was ratified by UNESCO's Executive Committee on Tuesday. It referred to the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, in Arabic terms, erasing any Jewish or Christian connection to the sites. It also solely blamed Israel (referred to as an "occupying nation") for the violence in the past year, destructive construction on the Temple Mount by the Muslim Authority, and for its self-defensive blockade against shipping into Gaza.
 
The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ) issued a statement last Saturday decrying UNESCO's "scandalous resolution".
 
"This is tantamount to rewriting history and stripping these sites of their 4,000 years of Jewish and 2,000 years of Christian..." 
 
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