Israel is a country that has returned to its own special history. Its religion of Judaism is tied to its land in that G-d had told their ancient fathers to live on this special land to do their work. One can't turn over dirt with a shovel without finding some remnant of Jewish history. What the eye can see is recorded in the Torah and following books that make up the Tanakh, what others call the Old Testament. It's all documented and recorded, there to find if anyone has the interest to read.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the spot that King Solomon had built their 1st Temple. He was our 3rd king, following King Saul (c1050-1010 BCE) , King David (1010-970 BCE) and David's son, King Solomon 961-920 BCE). Solomon was said to be the wisest king. Here he solved how to find the true birth mother of a baby two women fought over.
It was destroyed by the Babylonian invasion in 586 BCE when the Judeans were taken away to Babylonia. They were able to finally return 70 years later and rebuild a 2nd Temple on the same spot called the Temple Mount. Then the Romans invaded Jerusalem and took it over, finally burning down that Temple along with the city and killing thousands of people in 70 CE.
Returning from Babylon to Jerusalem after 50 years of exile and rebuilding their Temple. King Cyrus permitted this return to Jerusalem. |
Rebuilding the 2nd Temple |
Renewing worship in the new 2nd Temple in 519 BCE. 2nd Temple-from after 538 BCE to 70 CE it stood, over 600 years |
2nd Temple rebuilt by Returning Judeans from Babylon 538 BCE |
Ezra in Jerusalem giving the lessons from our holy books causing a spiritual reform. All nobles and 1/10th of the people were brought in to live in Jerusalem. |
UNESCO The united NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION headquarters in Paris, France. (Image source: Fred Romero/Flickr)
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This organization works at odds in preserving historic sites in Israel, which Israel does.
The USA and Israel are on the verge of pulling out from UNESCO with the USA planning on doing so the end of the year. One lady " reportedly told the premier she was making big efforts to change UNESCO’s treatment of Israel, and added she would like to meet him at the sidelines of the UN session to discuss a possible postponement of Israel’s exit from the agency. "
The outgoing Israeli ambassador to UNESCO, Carmel Shama-Hacohen, said he welcomed “the new personality and the new energy brought by the new Director,” adding that he was going to recommend his government reconsider its decision to withdrawal or “at least to postpone it for a year.” These remarks are all the more surprising as they come from someone who was always quick to denounce the organization’s resolutions which in the eyes of the Israeli’s authorities use heritage protection as an excuse to deny any link between Judaism and its historic sites including Jerusalem.
Shavuot in June, dancing in 1967, first day to see the wall. |
1967 IDF see wall for 1st time |
Instead, UNESCO denies any connection between Israel and its historic Temple Mount and Western Wall also located in Jerusalem. The Wall is the remnant of the ancient retaining wall of the ancient Jewish 1st and 2nd Temples that were repaired by King Herod. You'd think this would be high priority on their list, but then they favor the Palestinians politically who are trying to take over the Jewish land.
Resource: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13123/unesco-israel-united-states
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
https://www.timesofisrael.com/unesco-said-pushing-for-israel-to-rethink-exit-citing-work-to-end-bias/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/12/u-s-withdraws-from-unesco-the-u-n-s-cultural-organization-citing-anti-israel-bias/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6f1925399b1e
https://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/can-middle-east-diplomacy-help-unesco-preserve-itself
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5022375,00.html
https://www.ou.org/holidays/shavuot/capturing_the_wall_the_story_of_shavuot_1967/
http://www.templeinstitute.org/feedback.htm
UNESCO is not a friendly organization.
ReplyDeleteThe United States should not be a part of it.
Thanks, Max. We agree. I just saw that Jordan is pulling out from part of their peace agreement with Israel. I wonder if UNESCO has anything to do with that since Jordan was given control over the Temple Mount's Mosques by Dayan.
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