Fayyad: UNESCO vote strengthens our will for an independent state
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad welcomed UNESCO's decision to recognize the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem as a World Heritage Site, and said it strengthens the Palestinians' determination to act toward an establishment of an independent state within the 1967 borders.
"It's time the UN and its organizations will take a political, legal, cultural and moral stance to put an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people, and prevent the risk posed to its cultural heritage due to the actions of the Israeli occupation," he said. (Elior Levy)
