UN General Assembly Passes Resolution Ignoring Jewish Ties to Temple Mount
December 3, 2021
JERUSALEM, Israel – The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday approved a resolution about Jerusalem that only referred to the Temple Mount by its Muslim name, “al-Haram al-Sharif.”
The resolution called for “upholding unchanged the historic status quo at the Haram al-Sharif,” and called any actions by Israel to impose its laws on the city of Jerusalem “illegal.”
A total of 129 countries supported the resolution, 11 voted against it, and 31 abstained including, Austria, Brazil, Germany, India, Kenya, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, called the resolution an attempt to “erase Jewish history in our eternal capital.”
The United States opposed the resolution, saying it is “morally, historically and politically wrong for members of this body to support language that denies” both Jewish and Christian ties to the Temple Mount, which is the holiest site in Judaism.
Story by Emily Jones for CBN
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