World Heritage Panel Approves Palestine Resolutions
During its 48th session in South Korea, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee recommended the adoption of four resolutions concerning the protection of Palestinian heritage sites listed on the World Heritage in Danger register. These sites are the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls, the Old City of Hebron, the Saint Hilarion Monastery in Gaza, and Beit She’arim in southern Jerusalem. The resolutions affirmed that Israeli measures aimed at altering the legal and historical character of these sites are invalid and have no legal effect. They called for the dispatch of missions to assess their conservation status. The Palestinian diplomat warned that Israeli violations are intended to impose control, settlement expansion, and the judaization of Jerusalem, amid ongoing assaults on holy sites and their seizure. He urged the international community to intervene and hold Israel accountable for its violations. The resolutions emphasize that protecting Palestinian heritage is a collective international responsibility to ensure the preservation of cultural and historical identity for future generations.
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