by Efrat Forsher
New signs and website ignore Jewish roots to key archaeological sites and nature reserves, Regavim reveals
A site placed by the Palestinian Authority near Arugot Stream Photo: Regavim
The
Palestinian Authority is violating its agreements with Israel by trying
to redefine historic sites and nature reserves in Judea and Samaria,
Israel Hayom has learned.
The Oslo II Accord, as well as subsequent
agreements, grant the Palestinian Authority limited control over certain
landmarks and nature reserves in Judea and Samaria at the discretion of
Israeli authorities and only if the PA commits to coordinating the
administration of the areas with Israeli forces.
The 1995 agreement, which has been only
partially implemented, says that "the two sides shall each take
appropriate measures in order to protect Nature Reserves, Protected
Natural Assets and species of animals, plants and flowers of special
breeds, as well as to implement rules of behavior in Nature Reserves."
But recent steps taken by the Palestinians suggest that PA officials have been flouting those provisions.
As part of this rogue behavior, the PA has
recently placed a sign at Arugot Stream, which runs from west to east in
Judea, calling it Al-Kanub Reserve. The sign states that the EU and the
U.N. help support the administration of the site.
The PA has also set up a new website called Mahmiyat
(which means nature reserves in Arabic), which provides tourist
information on the various landmarks in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza
Strip. The descriptions obscure the Jewish links to those landmarks
dating to biblical times.
For example, the site does not mention that
the ancient city of Sebastia in Samaria served as the capital of the
Kingdom of Israel for two centuries.
Regavim, an organization that works to
"ensure responsible, legal, accountable and environmentally friendly use
of Israel's national lands and the return of the rule of law to all
areas and aspects of the land and its preservation," attacked the PA for
its blatant violation of its agreements with Israel.
"There is a deliberate effort on the part
of the PA to wipe out the Jewish heritage from the land of Israel and
the Bible," the organization told Israel Hayom. "Israel must unmask this
hypocrisy and prevent the rewriting of history," it said in a
statement.
Efrat Forsher
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2019/02/19/pa-deletes-jewish-history-from-key-sites-in-judea-and-samaria/
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