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Palestinian Authority Calls for UNESCO Ban on Hebron Site

7/12/2026

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The Palestinian Authority, through representative Adel Attieh, launched a UNESCO initiative naming the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron as a site barred from Israeli structural changes.
Attieh accused Israel of advancing a narrative that emphasizes an ancient Jewish connection to West Bank sites.
The Palestine Liberation Organization released a report linking Israel’s heritage management to settlement expansion and condemning a mid-May Knesset law creating an authority over occupied-territory sites.

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The Palestinian Authority, through representative Adel Attieh, launched a UNESCO initiative naming the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron as a site barred from Israeli structural changes.
Attieh accused Israel of advancing a narrative that emphasizes an ancient Jewish connection to West Bank sites.
The Palestine Liberation Organization released a report linking Israel’s heritage management to settlement expansion and condemning a mid-May Knesset law creating an authority over occupied-territory sites.