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Video: Falsifying History - The UN's Reinvention of Jerusalem's Past


(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Dore Gold - The UN is at it again. On November 26, 2021, the General Assembly adopted a resolution referring to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where the Temple of Solomon once stood, only by its Arabic name, Haram al-Sharif. For years now, UNESCO has been systematically pushing false narratives about Jerusalem that deny the historic connection of the Jewish people to their holy city. What was axiomatic 200 years ago is now called into question. I'm still surprised by the scale of disinformation and by the depth of ignorance regarding the Holy City in the face of overwhelming evidence of its historical past. This historical connection is engraved in the Old Testament, the New Testament and even in the Quran. The Jewish people streamed back to their historical capital whenever they could. By 1864, the British documented that the Jewish people had re-established an undeniable majority in Jerusalem that continues to this day. The writer, former Director-General of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Israeli Ambassador to the UN, is President of the Jerusalem Center.
2022-01-03 00:00:00
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