Immediate reply: "Shameful, the authors of the resolution are working to fan the flames in the region"
UNESCO has approved a resolution condemning the Israeli administration of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The text, which refers to restrictions on freedom of worship, was approved with 26 votes in favour, 5 against (including the United States, Britain and Germany), and 25 abstentions. Israel's immediate reply: "shameful resolution, it aims to transform the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a clash of religions."
"Instead of aiming to reduce tensions - said the statement of the Israeli Foreign Ministry - the authors of the resolution are working to fan the flames in the region, using an irresponsible religious rhetoric and distorting history."
Having mentioned the arson of recent days by Palestinians at the Tomb of Joseph in Nablus (a holy place to Judaism), the ministry concludes: "The deep ties to the Jewish holy places in Jerusalem and its vicinity are undeniable and no UNESCO decision will alter them. "
UNESCO has not currently given the press an official text of the resolution but the information was confirmed by Arab sources.
From the document a passage was excluded that "called the Wailing Wall as part of the Al Aqsa Mosque, and therefore Islamic place of worship." The deleted paragraph had been proposed by a group of Muslim countries, but in recent days had received strong criticism from both the Israeli government and the top brass of UNESCO. The approved part instead includes a denouncement of the restrictions on freedom of worship on the Temple Mount, and other Israeli actions related to the protection of the site.
A soldier was stabbed in the area of Ramallah (West Bank) and its Palestinian assailant was immediately killed by gunshot fire. A spokesman for the Israeli police said that the "terrorists" were two: one of them "has been neutralised," the other was taken into custody by the army. Stabbed in the neck, the soldier - according to the media - is in severe conditions.
Two rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel according to the TV channel 10. The first exploded in an open area of the western Negev without neither damage nor casualties. The second fell inside Gaza.
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