october 28, 2016 french jews urged to rally over unesco resolutions 




the main jewish groups in france urged members to rally in front of the headquarters of the country<u+2019>s foreign ministry to protest its failure to oppose un resolutions that ignore jewish ties to jerusalem, jta reported on thursday. 




on wednesday, unesco<u+2019>s world heritage committee passed a resolution denying the jewish connection to the temple mount in jerusalem. 




on october 13, the executive board of the unesco passed a similar resolution which refers to the western wall and the temple mount only by their arabic-language names. 




france was among 26 countries that abstained from voting during the first resolution. 




crif, the political lobby group representing french jewish communities, was joined in a rare move by the consistoire, french jewry<u+2019>s organ responsible for religious services, in organizing a protest rally for thursday opposite the quai d<u+2019>orsay in paris in reaction to the passing of the two resolutions on jerusalem. 




<u+201c>we were shocked by the anti-israeli obsession of unesco and are now revolted by its disavowal of its own values,<u+201d> crif president francis kalifat wrote wednesday in his call for french jews to rally outside quai d<u+2019>orsay.
french jews urged to rally over unesco resolutions
kaitlyn stegall