UNESCO Designates Jericho Ruins as World Heritage Site

UNESCO Designates Jericho Ruins as World Heritage Site

UNESCO Designates Jericho Ruins , as World Heritage Site.

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World Heritage Committee voted to list the ruins as a "World Heritage Site in Palestine" on Sept.

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The Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Ministry praised the decision to acknowledge Jericho's "cultural, economic and political significance.".

The ministry also called the site evidence of "10,000 years of human development," CNN reports.

The outstanding universal value of the site qualifies it to be one of the World Heritage sites, PA Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Rula Ma’ayah, via statement.

However, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs is upset that Jericho is now a World Heritage Site.

It referred to the decision as "another sign of Palestinians’ cynical use of UNESCO and politicization of the organization.".

The site, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank between the Jordan River and Jerusalem, dates "back to the modern Stone Age," CNN reports.

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The site, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank between the Jordan River and Jerusalem, dates "back to the modern Stone Age," CNN reports.

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Jericho became the oldest walled city on the planet in 2010