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the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon for distancing himself from a UNESCO resolution denying a Jewish connection to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.On Tuesday, the UNESCO’s executive board officially adopted a resolution that referred to the al-Aqsa mosque as a purely Islamic heritage.
Ban, for his part, said that the holy site belongs to all religions.
"The Secretary General reaffirms the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions and stresses the importance of the religious and historical link of the Jewish, Moslem and Christian peoples to the holy site," Ban’s front man Estefan Dogrec said.
Hamas described Ban’s statement as a "violation of his duties".
"These statements are evidence of [Ban’s] violation of international resolutions for serving Israeli interests," the Paleostinian group said in a statement.
For Moslems, al-Aqsa represents the world's third holiest site. Jews, for their part, refer to the area as the "Temple Mount," claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.