Elkin: PA's Outcry on Heritage Sites Proves Our Claim

MK Zev Elkin (Likud) is not worried by the Palestinian Authority's angry reaction to Israel's decision to include the Tomb of the Patriarchs (Cave of Machpelah) in Hevron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem to a list of national heritage sites. On the contrary, Elkin says, “It's evidence that they are nervous, which proves that we were right to fight for this.”
In an interview with Arutz Sheva's Hebrew site Monday, Elkin explained that the PA's reaction shows that the struggle is over more than just two holy sites. The PA is angry because the inclusion of the two tombs as Jewish heritage site is proof of the Jewish connection to Judea and to the entire land of Israel, he said.
“The Palestinians are trying to give a different narrative, a totally different story, to say that we're new here, we came at the end of the 19th century... That's where the anger is coming from,” said Elkin.
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