"Just inscribed on @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List & World Heritage in Danger List: Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town," the organisation said on its official Twitter feed. "This time they ruled the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron is a Palestinian site, meaning not a Jewish site, and that it is in danger," Netanyahu said incredulously, speaking in Hebrew in a video posted online. Israel seized the West Bank in the 1967 war in a move considered illegal by the United Nations. By listing sites on its World Heritage in Danger list, UNESCO seeks to mobilise the international community to protect them. It also allows for the allocation of immediate World Heritage Fund assistance to the property.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 07, 2017 21:11 UTC