President Reuven Rivlin told German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeir, Sunday, "We reject the latest decision of UNESCO which defines Israel as an occupying power in Jerusalem, our capital, in which you are standing right now Mr. President."
Rivlin explained, "A people cannot be an occupier in its own land. We are not occupiers in our own capital. We welcome Germany’s opposition to the distorted and twisted text of this decision.”