Italian PM calls UNESCO vote ‚unacceptable and wrong‘ – Matteo Renzi says his envoy abstained in line with other EU countries, but intimates Rome may break European unity in future votes | The Times of Israel
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Friday said the UNESCO resolution last week that failed to acknowledge Judaism’s connections with the Temple Mount and holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City was “incomprehensible, unacceptable and wrong.”
Italy’s ambassador to the UN’s agency of culture and education abstained during the October 13 vote, along with the envoys of most western European countries. The resolution was formally confirmed by UNESCO on Tuesday.
Lothar Riemenschneider
Es haben mehrere Länder in der UNESCO dagegen gestimmt – aber die „Mehrheit“ besteht nun mal aus antisemitischen Ländern; leider behaupten ja alle, dass eine „demokratische“ Abstimmung per se gut und richtig sei, was aber nicht der Fall ist…