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UNESCO Approves PA ‘Emergency’ Bid for Church of Nativity

UNESCO approves the PA’s bid to place the Church of the Nativity on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger.

By Elad Benari, Canada 

 

 

UNESCO’s World Heritage committee on Friday approved a Palestinian Authority bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger.

A report in The Associated Press quoted PA spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi as having said the vote was an affirmation of “Palestinian sovereignty” over the site that marks the place where Christians believe Jesus was born.

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Israel angrily denounced the vote. Continue Reading »