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UN Wants References to Jerusalem as Capital Removed from Exhibit on Knesset
(Times of Israel) Israel's Channel 12 reported Thursday that the Israeli delegation to the UN asked to display an exhibit about the Knesset at UN headquarters, but was told a number of objectionable items would have to be removed. These included an item about a Basic Law passed in 1980 that recognized Jerusalem as Israel's "united" capital. The UN also instructed Israel to remove text accompanying a photo of the Knesset that describes Jerusalem as "the eternal capital of the Jewish people and their holy city." Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, protested to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, saying, "The impertinent demand of the UN to censor the exhibit and remove pictures that reflect our national history is in fact a request to rewrite Israel's history and we will not agree to that in any way."