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Unesco declares Hebron's Old City Palestinian World Heritage site [View all]
Source: BBC
Unesco declares Hebron's Old City Palestinian World Heritage site
7 July 2017 Middle East
Unesco has designated Hebron's Old City and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the occupied West Bank a Palestinian World Heritage site despite Israeli protests.
A resolution passed by a committee of the UN cultural agency also put them on a list of sites considered "in danger".
The Tomb of the Patriarchs - also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque - is revered by Jews, Muslim and Christians as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob's burial place.
It is the second holiest site in Judaism and the fourth in Islam.
It has been a flashpoint for decades, with several hundred Jewish settlers living in enclaves nearby, surrounded by some 200,000 Palestinians.
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7 July 2017 Middle East
Unesco has designated Hebron's Old City and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the occupied West Bank a Palestinian World Heritage site despite Israeli protests.
A resolution passed by a committee of the UN cultural agency also put them on a list of sites considered "in danger".
The Tomb of the Patriarchs - also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque - is revered by Jews, Muslim and Christians as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob's burial place.
It is the second holiest site in Judaism and the fourth in Islam.
It has been a flashpoint for decades, with several hundred Jewish settlers living in enclaves nearby, surrounded by some 200,000 Palestinians.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40530396
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