(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."
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