(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - On Wednesday, the Israel Foreign Ministry suspended cooperation with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said that relations with UNESCO would not be restored until it retracted its statement last week that two ancient biblical sites - the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb - were an integral part of the "occupied" Palestinian territories. Ayalon said that the Palestinian Authority was behind the statement in another attempt to delegitimize Israel.
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