"Moderate" Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday threatened war over Israel's decision to officially recognize the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb as national heritage sites.
The Cave of the Patriarchs - the burial place of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob and Leah - and Rachel's Tomb are both located in areas that are today controlled by the Palestinian Authority, namely, Hebron and Bethlehem.
Speaking to European Union parliamentarians in Brussels, Abbas said that the Israeli cabinet's decision to add those sites to its list of national heritage sites is a "dangerous provocation" that will lead to "religious war."
As usual, the Palestinians found an ally in the UN regarding this issue.
On Monday, special UN coordinator for the Middle East, Robert Serry said he was deeply concerned by the Jewish state's audacity in officially recognizing its ties to two sites so sacred to Jews.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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