Religous Christians Know The Truth Even Though UNESCO Does Everything To Erase It

Christian Organization To Challenge UNESCO On Classification Of Jewish Holy Sites

By Jonathan Benedek 

“That he may give me the Machpelah Cave, which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field; for a full price let him give it to me in your midst for burial property.” (Genesis 23:9)

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The 60th Annual Jerusalem March. Several international delegations marching in the Jerusalem March. Visible in the photo: United Kingdom, Botswana, Laos, Solomon Islands, Portugal, Australia and the United States. (Photo: Hillel Maeir / TPS)

Last week, UNESCO (the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) approved a resolution in which it listed Rachel’s Tomb, located just south of Jerusalem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, as Islamic sites.

The resolution not only stirred up a firestorm of protests from many in Israel and throughout the Jewish world but from Christians as well. Laurie Cardoza-Moore, President of the Christian organization “Proclaiming Justice to the Nations,” shared some of her reactions to UNESCO’s resolution, with Tazpit Press Service (TPS).

“This is part of a growing problem,” said Cardoza-Moore to TPS. “We are watching in our lifetime revisionist history being written.”

Cardoza-Moore argues that there is a campaign to rewrite Jewish history to fit an Islamist agenda. “The Islamists through organizations like UNESCO and governments, are trying to rewrite documented archeological history that generations have recognized for thousands of years,” she asserts.

“They are no different than ISIS which physically goes in and destroys historical evidence” continued Cardoza-Moore. “We are watching UNESCO through what we call ‘disinformation’ destroy the Jewish and Israelite connection historically to these holy sites and this land.”

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Cardoza-Moore also believes that UNESCO’s declaration will directly impact Christian heritage as well. “Christians should be equally disturbed because if they continue with this narrative, they will rewrite Jesus out of the story,” she argued. “Christians should be very concerned that it won’t be long until their Jesus is rewritten too.”

Cardoza-Moore referred to various groups identifying themselves as Christian, who accept alternative narratives of Jesus. “There are alleged Christian groups buying into such a narrative,” she noted.

“They have said that Jesus had more in common with the Palestinians, and some have even said that Jesus was a Palestinian and not a Jew,” explained Cardoza-Moore. “This is absolutely absurd because Jesus was an orthodox Jew, who followed Torah and kept the commandments.”

Cardoza-Moore also responded to UNESCO’s condemnation of “aggression” and “illegal measures” taken by Israel over the Temple Mount, in its resolution. She referenced restrictions placed on both Jews and Christians on the Temple Mount.

“What is outrageous is that the world sits by and tells Jews and Christians that they can go up on the Temple Mount only at certain times, that they can go up there but not pray or wear pieces of jewelry that have religious meaning to it,” she said.

“Apartheid is being practiced but it is not being practiced by the Israeli government,” stressed Cardoza-Moore to TPS. “It is being practiced by the Palestinian Authority and UNESCO.”

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Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron (Photo: Wiki Commons/ Travail)

Cardoza-Moore who is also Special Envoy to the UN for the World Council of Independent Christian Churches, hopes to successfully reverse UNESCO’s resolution referring to Rachel’s Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs as Islamic sites. “We are preparing a letter to send to the head of UNESCO, which will condemn this act personally and state that it is outrageous that history is being rewritten,” explained Cardoza-Moore. “We are going to go step by step to see what type of response we get from their office.”

The mission of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations as Laurie Cardoza-Moore described it to TPS is “to educate Christians about their Biblical responsibility to stand with our Jewish brethren and defend the state of Israel.”

In that vein, Cardoza-Moore feels it is incumbent upon Christians to stand up for Israel, particularly at this time. “As Christians we will be held responsible for what we do and do not do in our lifetime with regards to our Jewish brethren and the state of Israel,” she said.

UNESCO was established in 1945 in order to solidify world peace by creating an environment for intercultural understanding and international cooperation in science and education. In 2011, UNESCO voted to make the Palestinian Authority a member of the international organization. In protest, the US and Israel stopped paying membership dues, and in the process, lost their voting power in UNESCO.

In an effort to lobby for re-election to UNESCO’s executive board, US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris last week and promised to work with the US Congress to pay US membership dues.

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World Wide "Jew Hate" Exemplified By Stabbings In Israel

The Palestinian Jihad: Lies, Lies and More Lies
This is Not an "Intifada"

by Bassam Tawil
October 24, 2015 at 5:00 am

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• First, we are not seeing anything "popular." We are not seeing, as before, thousands of Palestinians participating in the violence or protests.
• It is just another wave of terrorism: targeting Jews for being Jews. The terrorists and their apologists do not distinguish between a Jew living in the city of Beersheba, and a Jew from a West Bank settlement. For the Palestinian leaders and media, these Jews are all "settlers" living in "occupied territories."
• The appropriate term for the current wave of terrorism is "jihad". The attacks on Jews in Israel and the West Bank are part of the global jihad that has been waged for many years against Jews in particular, non-Muslims in general, and even against other Muslims who might not agree with a differing version of Islam.
• This jihad is not aimed at "ending occupation" or protesting against misery and checkpoints. The terrorists do not see a difference between a "left wing Jew" and a "right wing Jew." They do not ask their victims about their political affiliation before knifing them.
• In a grotesque rewrite of history, UNESCO declared that two Jewish holy sites, Rachel's Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs, were Muslim holy sites.
• This is a wave of terrorism based on lies. Palestinian leaders, including Abbas his officials in the Palestinian Authority and his Fatah faction, have been lying to us for months. They told Palestinians that the Jews are "invading" and "desecrating" Islamic holy sites with the purpose of destroying them. Abbas and his officials are urging Muslims to join the jihad against the Jews.
• The leaders are now telling us that most of the terrorists were, in fact, innocent civilians who were shot dead by Israelis while on their way to buy food or going to work. Lying has become an integral part of the jihad against Jews. The campaign of lies, distortion and fabrications is not less serious than the terror attacks.
• This is yet another phase of the worldwide jihad against all the "infidels" and "enemies of Islam." Those who are murdering Jews today do not hesitate to murder other non-Muslims tomorrow, especially those who are seen as Israel's friends, such as the U.S.

Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are calling it a "peaceful popular resistance." They are referring, of course, to the latest wave of stabbings, shootings and vehicular attacks against the Jews in Israel.
In the view of our leaders -- and, unfortunately, many in the international community -- this is a "peaceful popular resistance," an uprising, or an "intifada," like two previous uprisings we had in 1987 and 2000.
What is happening these days in the Palestinian territories and Israel, however, is anything but a "peaceful popular resistance." First, we are not seeing anything "popular." We are not seeing, as before, thousands of Palestinians participating in the violence or protests. These attacks are not protests launched by villagers, residents of refugee camps and members of professional unions in the Palestinian territories.
What we are seeing are pure terrorist attacks carried out mostly by impressionable young men and women whose hearts and minds have been poisoned by the inflammatory rhetoric and incitement of Palestinian leaders, mosques, the media, Facebook and other social media. The terrorists who carry knives or firearms to murder Jews are usually, it seems, disturbed youngsters, who have been fired up by the pervasive atmosphere of hate poured over them daily by their leaders and these leaders' media outlets. The current terrorists are not part of an armed group such as the Tanzim or the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, nor a "popular resistance," a street gang, or any organized movement.
Contrary to what Palestinian leaders have been telling us, not to mention the rest of the world, these terrorists do not believe in any form of "peaceful and popular resistance" against Israel. After all, there is nothing peaceful or popular about stabbing or shooting Jews waiting at a bus stop or driving their cars on their way to work or back home. Surely, there is nothing peaceful about murdering a Jewish couple in front of their four children, or stabbing and seriously wounding a 13-year-old boy riding his bicycle on the streets of Jerusalem.
This is, bluntly, just another wave of terrorism: targeting Jews for being Jews. The terrorists and their apologists do not distinguish between a Jew living in the city of Beersheba, and a Jew from a settlement in the West Bank. In the eyes of the Palestinian leaders and media, these Jews are all "settlers" living in "occupied territories." To many of them, and as they repeatedly tell us, all of Israel is "occupied territory."
Official Palestinian maps continue to present Palestine as occupying all of Israel. And there are continual attempts erase history Jewish presence. Last July, Rachel's Tomb, the burial site of a Jewish Matriarch was attacked by explosives launched from slingshots. And just last week Joseph's Tomb, the burial site of a Jewish Patriarch, was torched. These are the same methods al-Qaeda and Da'esh (ISIS) have been using in Bamiyan and Palmyra to try to obliterate any evidence of a pre-Islamic presence other ancient sites. These attack were accompanied by requests from six Arab states — Algeria, Egypt, Kuwait, Tunisia, Morocco ad the United Arab Emirates — to have UNESCO declare the Rachel's Tomb, and Western Wall -- a retaining wall and all that is left of the Jews' Second Temple that the Romans destroyed in 70 CE — part of the Muslim Temple Mount under Palestinian control. The last request was removed before the vote, but in a grotesque rewrite of history, UNESCO did declare that two other Jewish holy sites, Rachel's Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs, were Muslim holy sites.
In addition, the official media of the Western-funded Palestinian Authority have been referring to the Jewish victims of the current wave of terrorism as "settlers." A 73-year-old woman who lives in the Western part of the city and who was stabbed at Jerusalem's central bus station two weeks ago was described as a "settler." Similarly, two Jews who were stabbed and wounded in the city of Ra'anana, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, were also described by Abbas's media outlets as "settlers." Their city, Ra'anana, well within the "1967 line," has also been described by most Palestinian media outlets and journalists as a "settlement."
What does all this show? The answer is very simple: Most Palestinians continue to see Israel as one big settlement that needs to be uprooted and destroyed. It also shows that these Palestinians do not draw a distinction between a Jew living a West Bank settlement and a Jew living in an Israeli city inside Israel. The Jewish victims of this wave of terrorism are all "settlers" and "colonialists" who deserved what happened to them because they are "living on stolen land." This is the message that the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and other Palestinian groups are sending to the Palestinians and the rest of the world: that "settlers" are "legitimate" targets that deserve to be slaughtered and shot dead by a people fighting for "independence and freedom."
The appropriate term for the current wave of terrorism is "jihad" (holy war). The attacks on Jews in Israel and the West Bank are part of the global jihad that has been waging for many years against Jews in particular, non-Muslims in general and even against other Muslims who might not agree with a differing version of Islam.
Almost all the terrorists involved in these recent attacks are affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two jihadi groups whose main goal is to destroy Israel by murdering and intimidating Jews. Like Islamic State and Al-Qaeda, the two Palestinian groups are also seeking to create an Islamic caliphate governed by Islamic sharia law.
This jihad is not aimed at "ending occupation" or protesting against misery and checkpoints. Rather, it is a jihad designed to drive the Jews out of the region. Period. The terrorists and their sponsors do not see a difference between an Israeli soldier and an Israeli baby. They do not see a difference between a "left wing Jew" and a "right wing Jew." The terrorists do not ask their victims about their political affiliation before sticking a knife into them.
This is a wave of terrorism based on lies, lies and more lies. Palestinian leaders, including Abbas and his Fatah faction, have been lying to us for months about the nature of the visits of Jews to the Haram al-Sharif, or Temple Mount. They told Palestinians that the Jews are "invading" and "desecrating" Islamic holy sites with the purpose of destroying them. By doing so, Abbas and his officials in the Palestinian Authority and Fatah have actually been urging Muslims to join the jihad against the Jews.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) ignited competition among radical groups as to which faction could incite the most violence. Left: official PA media incite Palestinians, from a young age, to murder Jews.

After the wave of terrorism began, the Palestinian leaders continued to lie about the circumstances surrounding the death of the terrorists. The leaders are now telling us that most of the terrorists were, in fact, innocent civilians who were shot dead by Israel while they were on their way to buy food for their families or going to work. The Palestinian leaders are lying when they tell us that the terrorists were killed as part of a new Israeli policy of "field executions" against young Palestinian men and women. Lying and distorting the truth has become an integral part of the jihad against Jews. The campaign of lies, distortion and fabrications is not less serious than the terror attacks. There is no difference between a Palestinian leader who incites and lies, and a terrorist who grabs a knife and takes to the street to murder a Jew.
It is time for us to open our eyes and see the reality as it is: this is yet another phase of the worldwide jihad against all the "infidels" and "enemies of Islam." Those who are murdering Jews today do not hesitate to murder other non-Muslims tomorrow, especially those who are seen as Israel's friends such as the U.S. and most nations in the West. So let us put things in context and start calling the wave of terrorism by its real name, not an "intifada" or a "peaceful popular resistance." It is a jihad.

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UNESCO Designates Jewish Sites As Muslim Heritage

UNESCO Declares Rachel’s Tomb, Cave of Patriarchs Muslim Holy Sites

By JNS October 22, 2015 , 1:25 pm

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“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.” (Psalm 125:2)

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Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron (Photo: Wiki Commons/ Travail)

UNESCO has approved a resolution condemning Israel for its alleged attempts to change the status quo on the Temple Mount, but a bid to declare the Western Wall as a Muslim holy site was dropped from the resolution before the vote.

Twenty-six countries voted in favor of the resolution, which condemned “aggression and illegal measures taken against the freedom of worship and access of Muslims to Al-Aqsa mosque and Israel’s attempts to break the status quo since 1967.”

The U.S., U.K., Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Estonia voted against the resolution.

The original proposal was submitted by six Arab states—Algeria, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates—on behalf of the Palestinians.

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It called the Western Wall an “integral part” of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount. But that language was removed from the resolution in order to garner more support for the measure.

Nevertheless, the approved resolution recognized Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron as Muslim sites, despite their significance in Jewish history and tradition.

On Tuesday, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova criticized the original Arab-led proposal.

“We all have responsibility to UNESCO’s mandate, to take decisions that promote dialogue, tolerance and peace,” Bokova said in a statement. “This is especially important for young people, who should be nurtured and educated for peace.”

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