OPINION by Ebrahim Moosa The Zionist world has been up in arms after UNESCO, on October 13, passed a resolution thoroughly condemning a range of Israeli violations at Masjid al Aqsa. Zionist mouthpieces have been swift in castigating the resolution as a denial of Jewish history and the Israeli government has, in its wake, suspended what were its already tenuous ties with the UN body. In reality, however, a reading […]
OPINION by Nasim Ahmed A draft decision by UNESCO, which criticizes Israel’s activities at holy places in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, has been denounced by Israeli officials. “It ignores thousands of years of Jewish ties to Jerusalem and aids Islamist terror,” claimed Education Minister Naftali Bennett very dramatically. Never one to miss an opportunity to conflate Judaism and Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Facebook post […]
In a historical moment, this week the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) confirmed that the ‘Wailing Wall’ has no historical relevance in the Jewish faith. The United Nations’ cultural arm on Thursday passed a resolution that denied the existence of any Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in a move derided in Israel as “anti-Semitic.” Describing the monument as the Buraq Wall, the […]
UNESCO today voted on a resolution which denied any Jewish connection to Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Buraq (Western) Wall in occupied Jerusalem. Twenty-four member states voted in favour of the resolution, six against and 26 abstained. The proposal was put forward by Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Sudan and the Palestinians. Outlining that the city is holy to all three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the resolution says Al-Aqsa […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
