US lawmakers urge UNESCO panel to reject text erasing Jewish ties to Temple Mount – Senators, Congressmen call on World Heritage Committee to vote against ‘yet another attempt to rewrite history’ | The Times of Israel

A group of US lawmakers urged members of a UNESCO panel to vote against a resolution Wednesday that ignores Jewish and Christian ties to the Temple Mount.
The United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee is set to vote on Wednesday on a resolution similar to the one ratified last week by the body’s executive board. The resolution raised hackles in Israel and among Jewish groups for excluding references to Jewish and Christian ties to Jerusalem’s holy sites, and was criticized by UN Chief Ban Ki-moon and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.