The UN's cultural arm voted 12 to three with six abstentions to give heritage status to Hebron's Old City.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: File)
Unesco on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a new spat with Palestinians at the international body.
The UN’s cultural arm voted 12 to three — with six abstentions — to give heritage status to Hebron’s Old City in the occupied West Bank, which is home to more than 2,00,000 Palestinians and a few hundred Israeli settlers.
The vote drew a sharp denunciation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who described it as “another delusional decision by Unesco”. “This time they ruled the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron is a Palestinian site, meaning not a Jewish site, and that it is in danger,” he said.
( Source : AFP )
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