The executive board of the UN’s cultural agency ratified on Friday a resolution that identifies Israel as “the occupying power” in Jerusalem and calls on it to rescind any move changing the city’s “character and status.” The resolution had been passed by a UNESCO commission on Tuesday, sparking anger in Israel.
The text, approved at UNESCO headquarters, denounces “all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying power, which have altered or purport to alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem.”