The Palestinian Foreign Ministry yesterday called on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) “to protect all Palestinian archaeological and religious sites from Israeli violations, attacks, and falsifications.”
In an official statement, the ministry condemned what it described as the “occupation’s seizure of hundreds of Palestinian archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to serve the expansion of the illegal settlements.”
Jewish #Settlers Raid #Palestinian #Archeological Site near #Nablus https://t.co/HN47M5beiN via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/vRIah6U3iQ
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) March 10, 2021
“The Israeli control over Palestinian archaeological sites is usually carried out under racist laws and flimsy arguments,” the ministry pointed out, adding that Israel was intending to “steal Palestinian antiquities, forge them and display them in their museums as evidence of its misleading colonial claims.”
#UNESCO States Commitment to Palestine – https://t.co/5MUbLeqEn0 via @albawaba #Palestine pic.twitter.com/IgnhoeRHPk
— al whit (@soitiz) October 12, 2018
International law classifies the West Bank and East Jerusalem as occupied, meaning construction by Israel is illegal on their soil.
In May 2017, UNESCO voted in favor of a resolution that describes Israel as an “occupying power” and denies its sovereignty over occupied Jerusalem.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
