(Jerusalem Post) Tamara Zieve - Israel Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold told the City of David's 17th Annual Archeological Conference on Thursday, "Our affinity to Jerusalem is a certain historical truth - not just a narrative," as archeologists are scientifically proving the Jewish people's connection to Jerusalem. Gold addressed "the international attempt to disengage Jerusalem from Jewish history, focusing specifically on a UNESCO resolution adopted in April which ignored Judaism's ties to its holiest site, the Temple Mount. He accused UNESCO of promoting the distortion of history. Gold also referred to British documentation of a Jewish majority in Jerusalem in 1863, and cited U.S. jurist Stephen Schwebel's finding after the Six-Day War that Israel had "better title" in Jerusalem than other claimants.
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