Afrasianet - Zakaria Shaheen - The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is not limited to the political or military side. But it touches all walks of life.

Perhaps one of the most prominent aspects of the conflict is the Palestinian response to the Israeli attempts to change history in its favor.

The Palestinian heritage, in its entirety, "dress, ruins and even food and folklore," is faced with radical racist thought, which it attempts to steal in favor of Israeli history, but these attempts have not worked as long as the Palestinians continue to counter these attempts.

The world arena, with its majority, rejects Israeli attempts based on violations and Judaic and destructive actions.

The most prominent of those aware of what Israel is implementing is UNESCO, which cares for the world heritage. Israel has always rejected its decisions by saying: "We reject UNESCO and hold on to our truth, which is the truth."

4 resolutions for UNESCO in favor of Palestine On 03-05-2017 - a majority of 22 members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) issued a resolution in favor of denying Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem as an "occupied city", in exchange for 10 members voted against the resolution, which angered Israel.

Despite Israel's anger at the resolution, it is not the first of its kind for UNESCO. Since 1968, UNESCO has issued several resolutions, which came in favor of the Palestinian side.

- Fifteenth session in 1968:

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted resolutions 342 and 343, including condemnation of Israel's continued archaeological excavations in Jerusalem and an urgent appeal to Israel to take the necessary measures to ensure the sound of all sites, buildings, monuments and other cultural property.

Under the resolutions, the organization considered that all actions taken by Israel in Jerusalem were illegal and called on them to rescind them and to refrain from taking any action that would change the status of the city and called upon Israel to take the necessary measures to ensure the preservation of all sites, buildings, monuments and other cultural property, In the Old City of Jerusalem, and refrain from any archaeological excavations and the transfer of cultural property.

- UNESCO Decision of November 1974:

As Israel continued its violations of its heritage in Jerusalem, UNESCO confirmed at its November 1974 meeting that it regretted Israel's failure to respect UN resolutions on the preservation of the status of Jerusalem and condemned Israel's position contrary to the objectives of the Organization. Provide any assistance in the fields of education, science and culture to Israel.

- Palestine wins full membership in UNESCO:

The flag of Palestine was raised at the headquarters of UNESCO, in recognition of the accession of Palestine to the Organization, after a vote on the accession of Palestine to the Organization, despite the opposition of the United States to join, during the 36th session held in October 2011

- The maximum Islamic heritage:

During a session of the Organization in October 2016 in the French capital Paris, the organization adopted a resolution denying the religious affiliation of the Jews to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Wall of Buraq, and considered a pure Islamic heritage, The resolution was presented by seven Arab countries: Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan.

The Palestinian Implications of Israeli Looting and Destruction

Despite these decisions, Israel and its settlers continue to rob Palestinian archeological sites, most of which are destroyed.

In the example: settlers of the settlement "Lishm" in the west of Salfit, in the northern West Bank last month, "the village of Deir Simean" archaeological located over the lands of the towns of Kafr Deek and Rafat. This targeting is part of a policy pursued by Israel after the occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip by targeting archaeological sites and stealing their contents.

The Simeon Monastery is an archaeological site dating back to the Roman period and consists of a collection of monuments such as residential buildings, a church and mosaic floors. Since 1967, Israel has launched a fierce attack on archaeological sites and established several settlements, such as the settlement of Shilo, located on the site of Tel Silon (the city of Canaan) in northern Ramallah, as well as the settlement of Leishm, which encircles the site of the monastery of Simeon.

What the site of Deir S'man is exposed to is that "the settlers are sweeping around the archeological site and changing its features, opening buildings nearby, and creating roads through which the settlement can turn."

The village of Walaja, southwest of Jerusalem, located inside the Green Line, is also being targeted by the occupation authorities. The campaign aims to seize the land as well as the historical monuments and turn it into a tourist site through the inauguration of a public park on an area of 5700 dunums, especially that the village is characterized by beautiful beauty and 18 eyes of natural water, and an ancient archaeological site near the most famous springs of Ain al-Hania, Israel has approved the opening of a public park in the area
The village, which stretches its territory to the West Bank with 18 water springs, is known as 'Ein al-Hane', which is located at the line of the armistice between the territories occupied in 1967 and the 1948 territories. It is also subject to excavations, "Rephaim" On an area of 5700 dunums of village land, and 1200 dunums located in the territories occupied in 1967.

Also, "Ain al-Hania contains arches, buildings and floors mosaic Byzantine, and the age of the village of Walaja about five thousand years, and the occupation authorities put their hands on it."

In the same context, the occupation authorities announced the establishment of 12 public parks on archaeological sites located in the West Bank, including the village of Walaja and Jabal Jarzim and Ibal in Nablus, which constitutes "Israeli piracy and aggression contrary to all international laws and norms, which prohibits tampering with the effects of the occupied territories."

In fact, the division of the West Bank under the Oslo Accords contributed to this, when the West Bank was divided into three areas (ABG) in the Israeli control of the archaeological sites and looted unchecked by the Palestinians, especially in areas (C), subject to Full Israeli control, representing 60 percent of the West Bank, as well as the Apartheid Wall, which seized dozens of archaeological sites and destroyed other sites.

According to the National List of Palestinian Antiquities, "there are approximately 7,000 archaeological sites in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 53 percent of which are located in Area C, and Palestinians are not allowed to carry out excavations or renovations." Such as Qumran caves in the north of the Dead Sea and Khirbet Susiya in the city of Hebron, while other sites are robbed and looted by settlers or antiquities thieves, and other sites are given a religious tinge based on the biblical narrative such as Mount Ebal, , As well as the mosque Bilal bin Rabah (Rachel's dome) J Hebron.

 Settlers are building near the archaeological sites and are crawling towards them to control them in order to claim that they have a historical extension on the Palestinian land. There are about 223 archaeological sites inside the settlements in the West Bank. It was completely destroyed and another was partially destroyed due to the construction of the settlement. Also, the wall charges 1,100 archaeological sites and destroyed sites as a result of its passage. "

Palestinians face many problems in the face of Israeli looting of the Palestinian archaeological heritage. The main obstacles are: "Israel prevents Palestinian access to the archaeological sites located in Area C or behind the Wall. This prevents the necessary protection from antiquities thieves, To international organizations, especially UNESCO, and the development of archaeological sites to tourist sites. "

"Palestinian estimates indicate the theft of thousands of artifacts from Palestinian sites and sell them through thieves and merchants to Israelis."

"Israel exploits the antiquities to serve its political objectives, so that Israeli institutions and circles collude in reinforcing the biblical narrative on archaeological sites and support active right-wing organizations such as the Alad Association to implement unilateral projects to marginalize the Arab-Palestinian narrative and establish the Zionist narrative."

It also mobilizes huge budgets, experts and studies in order to control the archaeological sites and give them Jewish character and to rid them of their Arab surroundings, as happened in the neighborhood of honor and the Holy Basin and Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

In light of the failure of the peace process and Israel's continued control over the land, Palestine is counting on its membership in UNESCO to expose Israeli violations. This is in condemnation of UNESCO's 2010 attempt to annex the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque (Rachel's Tomb) In Bethlehem to the list of Israeli national heritage and considered it a violation of international law and the agreements of UNESCO and United Nations resolutions, while achieving some gains such as the inclusion of Bethlehem on the World Heritage List in 2012.

In light of the continuing Israeli violations of archeological sites, thousands of historical and humanitarian monuments of ancient civilizations passed thousands of years ago on the land of Palestine, which are threatened either by destruction, destruction or Judaization.

On October 19, 2016, UNESCO's decision to include Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Palestinian heritage provoked widespread anger within Israel and its government. The authorities allowed fanaticism to storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to turn the mosque's courtyard into a military barracks.

In fact, the UNESCO is living a great controversy after the historic vote on the Palestinian heritage of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque and denied any Jewish connection to the Holy Haram and then ratify the vote final despite the objection of America and Israel to this decision, and try to pressure Tel Aviv on the organization to prevent the implementation of this resolution, Pressure, the Israeli government has launched its citizens to storm Al Aqsa Mosque, as a new pressure to prevent the resolution from taking effect.

The incursions were carried out through the Mughrabi Gate, one of the gates in the western wall of the mosque, which is controlled by the Israeli police.

 On the other hand, the Israeli authorities turned the Al Aqsa Mosque into a military barracks in response to UNESCO's decision, and closed several entrances to the old town.

The decision is in force. UNESCO: Israel is an "occupying power" in Jerusalem

In June, members of the Executive Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) supported a resolution that considers Israel an "occupying power" in Jerusalem and urges it to cancel any action that would alter the "character or status" of the city.

The resolution was voted on, 22 votes in favor, 10 against, while 23 abstained, but adoption by the Executive Council means it is in force.

The text of the resolution, approved at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, deplores "all legal and administrative actions and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which changed or sought to alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem".

The resolution criticized Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem after it occupied it in 1967, a step not recognized by the international community. "Movements of this kind are invalid, as if they were not and must be canceled immediately."

The decision angered Benjamin Netanyahu, who announced that his country would cut its contribution to the UN budget by one million dollars. He said that the decision denies any historical link between Jews and Jerusalem, describing it as "ridiculous", and said, "This must be a price."

This is the third time that Israel has cut its financial contributions to the United Nations in protest against anti-vote polls, which have reduced it from $ 11 million a year to $ 3.7 million, an Israeli official said.

Last October, the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO adopted a resolution condemning the "illegal exploration" activities carried out by Israel in Old Jerusalem. Netanyahu then called the Israeli ambassador to UNESCO for consultations.

UNESCO rejects Israel's claims and calls for an end to its attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque

In any case, Israel will not be able to reverse the facts, no matter how much it tries and whatever propaganda tools it has in this or that Western country.

This is the decision of UNESCO, the international organization concerned with culture and the world heritage, which explains and affirms that Israel has nothing to do with the Wailing Wall. This wall is called the Wall of Buraq, which our Prophet Muhammad linked to his family, This is the wall that the UNESCO decided to return to the Muslims and not to enter Israel, as well as Al-Aqsa Mosque with all its yards, areas, facilities and buildings, which shows that Israel's claims and actions in the Holy City Of international resolutions and in defiance of the will of the States that voted for this RAR.

The decision denied any historical, religious or cultural link to Judaism in the Temple Mount, which was the decision issued by the Bill Committee sent by the British government to investigate the events of Buraq in 1929 a similar decision confirmed that the Jews have nothing to do with the wall and irrelevant of any kind .

Israel has built its settlement project on allegations, falsehoods, fabrications and attempts at forgery which have not found any basis for it. Indeed, the facts have proved false and false, as recognized by the most famous archaeologists at the universities of Ben Gurion, Tel Aviv and Be'er Sheva, who asserted that all excavations Which took place since 1967 so far did not show any trace, refers to the relationship of the Jews of this country, or to the existence of heritage in them before.

The resolution called on Israel as an occupying power to return to the situation prevailing before September 2000, when the Waqf Department was the sole authority supervising the Temple and its affairs, and the director of all its affairs, including maintenance and restoration work. Organization and access to the visit.

The resolution also strongly condemned the Israeli attacks and illegal measures against the Waqf employees, in order to obstruct the arrival of Muslims, to prevent freedom of worship and access to the mosque, and called upon Israel as an occupying power to stop its actions immediately.

The resolution condemned the continued incursion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Jewish extremists and by the Israeli police and army, and called upon Israel to stop its provocative violations that violate the sanctity of the Temple and its safety, in accordance with the relevant international treaties,

And condemned the establishment of the so-called "Israeli Antiquities Authority", storming the mosque and historic buildings inside the campus, as well as the arrests and detentions practiced against the worshipers and against the guards, and called for an end to the aggressions that fuel the situation and raise tension in the field.

The decision attacked the Israeli procedures and plans inside and outside the Temple Mount, denying Israel's agreement to build a cable car in occupied East Jerusalem, the project of the so-called Beit Liya in the Old City and building a visitor center near the southern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque Israel to abandon these projects and stop the construction work in accordance with the duties imposed by the provisions of UNESCO conventions and resolutions on this subject. And imposed by the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. And asked them to facilitate the access of the experts of the Jordanian Islamic Endowments Department and their tools and equipment to the site, to enable them to implement the design of the Mughrabi Gate (Al-Buraq Wall), in accordance with the decisions of UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee.

Yes, this is how the UNESCO decision made clear the truth about the Haram al-Sharif. He called on Israel to stop all its procedures, excavations and demolitions of Umayyad, Ottoman and Mamluk buildings and all the excavations and excavations carried out in the Haram area. The report of the Sixteenth Enhanced Observatory and other previous enhanced monitoring reports prepared by the World Heritage Center and the reports submitted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Palestine to this Center on the status of heritage photographs.

Israel no longer has a margin for the world's misfortune and the international community, but it is moving quickly in its plans, not in the light of such decisions. Israel has always considered itself above international law.