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DON'T LET THE PALESTINIANS ERASE THE JEWISH HISTORY OF ISRAEL - EDITORIAL


JOSHUA’S BATTLE OVER JERICHO IS ANCIENT HISTORY BUT THERE IS AN IMPORTANT BATTLE
TO FIGHT TODAY – COMBATING THE REPLACEMENT OF JEWISH HISTORY BY THE PALESTINIAN
NARRATIVE IN UNESCO

By JPOST EDITORIAL
Published: AUGUST 2, 2023 00:01

A general view of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris
(photo credit: REUTERS)
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“Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down,” goes the
famous song recalling the biblical story. Now, the walls might be going up again
– if not for the ancient Israelites, at least for today’s Israelis. 



And while the people of Israel blew shofarot (rams’ horns), today’s Palestinians
are tooting their own horns when it comes to the ancient city and other
historical sites in the cradle of Jewish civilization.



As the Post’s Tovah Lazaroff wrote yesterday, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee
is expected to name the site of ancient Jericho as belonging to the “State of
Palestine.” The site today is an archaeological park located in the modern city
that still bears the biblical name. Jericho is one of 53 natural and cultural
sites the World Heritage Committee will be voting on when it convenes this
September in Saudi Arabia.





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In its application to UNESCO, the Palestinian Authority (PA) wrote: “The long
and diverse history of Jericho narrates the undisputed story of 10,000 years of
human civilization. It witnessed some of the most significant cultural
milestones of human history, is one of the oldest towns on Earth, and is
unparalleled in all human history. Jericho is a unique example of
well-documented settlements of different development stages of human
civilization.”



Note what part of Jericho’s history and “undisputed story” is missing: the part
that connects it to the Jews, thousands of years ago.


An image of the ancient Jericho archaeological site. (credit: Wikimedia Commons)


ERASING THE JEWISH HISTORY OF ISRAEL

UNESCO recognized the “State of Palestine” in 2011 and the United States and
Israel both stopped paying annual dues to the body. In 2019, both countries
withdrew from the organization to protest its ongoing anti-Israel bias. Last
month, the US rejoined despite a law prohibiting Washington from funding
institutions that recognize states that don’t meet international standards of
statehood, which includes the “State of Palestine.”



The UN’s bias against Israel is built-in. The Palestinians do not need to win a
case based on merits and facts; they have support from an automatic majority.


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Three other sites in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) are listed by UNESCO as
being in the “State of Palestine”: the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem; the
ancient terraces of Battir (Beitar), where Bar Kochba made his last stand
against the Romans in 135 BCE; and Hebron’s Old City, including the Tomb of the
Patriarchs. That’s right: The land which, according to the Bible, Abraham
purchased as a burial plot is now, according to UNESCO, “Occupied Palestinian
Territory” at best.



In addition, the Old City of Jerusalem is listed as an “endangered historical
site” registered to Jordan and UNESCO routinely refers to the Temple Mount and
the Western Wall – the holiest site in Judaism and the portion of its retaining
wall that is revered by Jews around the world – by their Islamic names: al-Haram
al-Sharif and al-Buraq.



The PA has filed requests for UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to recognize
another 13 sites in the future. These include Sebastia, the capital of ancient
northern Israel, built by the Israelite King Omri in 879 BCE. But don’t expect
to find a reference to ancient Israel or the Jewish people. The UNESCO World
Heritage Convention site describes it thus: “Sebaste, identified with ancient
Samaria, is the capital of the northern kingdom during the Iron Age II in
Palestine and a major urban centre during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.”



The Palestinians are also attempting to claim the Qumran caves in the Judean
Desert, where the Dead Sea Scrolls – ancient Jewish religious manuscripts of
unparalleled significance – were discovered in 1946.



The trend is obvious: Jewish (and Christian) links to the land are being erased
with the imprimatur of a UN body. So much for cultural preservation. 



Joshua’s battle over Jericho is ancient history but there is an important battle
to fight today – combating the replacement of Jewish history by the Palestinian
narrative in UNESCO and elsewhere in the international arena.



US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had justified his country’s reentry to
UNESCO by arguing that it will enable the US to more effectively combat
anti-Israel bias in the organization. That assertion will now be tested. Will
the US and Israel’s other allies push back against Palestinian efforts to erase
the Jewish people’s ties to its homeland?





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