So, the Dead Sea Scrolls are undeniably written in Hebrew. However, the Palestinians are now stating that these ancient documents are, like Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Arab Muslim in origin. Confused? So are we!
The ridiculous campaign to delegitimize Israel seems to never cease. There has been an immeasurable amount of evidence clearly showing Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, even within Muslim inscriptions!
Carmel Shama-Hacohen, Israel’s ambassador to UNESCO, said the Palestinians raised the matter informally during a recent meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin.
According to the ambassador and to representatives of the Israel Antiquities Authority who were present at the meeting, the Palestinians intend to make a formal claim to the Dead Sea Scrolls when the committee next convenes in 2017.
“This is another provocative and audacious attempt by the Palestinians to rewrite history and to erase our connection to our land,” Shama-Hacohen told The Jerusalem Post. “The Dead Sea Scrolls are factual and weighty archeological evidence of the presence of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel.”
Originally posted at Israel Today Magazine.
