Two American lawmakers on Monday urged the American ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Crystal Nix-Hines, to block the Palestinian Authority’s draft resolution claiming the Western Wall (Kotel) as its own.
“It has come to our attention that tomorrow the UNESCO Executive Board may consider a draft resolution asserting, among other things, that the Western Wall is part of Al-Aqsa Mosque,” wrote the two lawmakers, Representatives Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) and Ted Deutch (D-FL).
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