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2/14/12

The fools at Unesco



Rachel Imeinu, our mother, died as she was giving birth to her second son Binyamin. Before dying, she named him Ben Oni; the child of my pain. His father however called him Binyomin.
She died as Yaakov entered Eretz Yisroel and was buried in Bais Lechem which is about four miles southwest of Yerushalayim.
The midrash says that Hashem commanded Yaakov to bury her here so that the Jews would be able to pass her kever place on their way into exile and pray for their redemption. On account of her great deed of not allowing her sister to be embarrassed in public, Hashem would hasten the final redemption.
Apparently, UNESCO have now decreed that Kever Rachel, the tomb of the matriarch of the Jewish people Rachel, is now not only a Muslim site but a Christian site as well. 
For some reason, the fools at UNESCO agree with the PA who claim that Kever Rochel has been a Muslim site for thousands of years (even though Islam hasn’t been around for more than 1,500 years...). They have not explained their views which are absolutely false and don’t plan to do so. They have also discouraged Israel from declaring it a national heritage site (which Israel has, thank G-d, done anyway). 
I am wondering why for UNESCO try to destroy any Jewish connection to our holy sites (all situated in Judea and Samaria...) results much more important than historic truth.
Do you ever heard that Rachel is workshipped by Christians? They have enough of the many females idols versions of the many saints from all over the world, they have the Mary  cult as female figure to workship is so many ways I really think they have enought and don't really care about Rachel.
About Islam is even more ridiculous: how can they pretend Rachel is part of their religious heritage if Islam did not even exist 1500 years ago...
Why all this then? To give credibility to a baseless claim made by a terrorist organisation known as the PA. This vile lie is a disgrace and UNESCO should be embarrassed.
"During the Rabin administration, Kever Rachel was slated to fall into 'Area A', that is, under full Arab civil and military control. Upon seeing this, Knesset Member Chanan Porat [National Religious Party. CiJ] decided that he must speak with Rabin in the hopes of changing his mind. As Chanan Porat was walking to Rabin's office, Knesset Member Rabbi Menachem Porush [United Torah Judaism. CiJ] asked Porat where he was going. Hearing that Porat was about to fight for Kever Rachel, Porush asked to join in the meeting. At Rabin's office, Chanan Porat was diligently explaining the ins and outs of the security situation at Kever Rachel and making rational arguments that did not seem to move Rabin.
"Suddenly Rabin looked at Porush and saw that he was crying. Porush held Rabin's hands and with tears streaming down his face, said: 'Yitzchak, it's Mamma Rachel, Mamma Rachel.' At that moment Rabin's heart opened, and he altered the map so that Kever Rachel would remain in Jewish hands." Now UNESCO has recognized Kever Rachel as a site worthy of historical preservation... as a mosque.

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