UN resolution only calls Temple Mount by Muslim name
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Text refers to holiest site in Judaism and third holiest site in Islam solely as al-Haram al-Sharif
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution on Jerusalem that only refers to the Temple Mount by its Muslim name.
The text calls the holiest site in Judaism and the third holiest site in Islam solely by its Arabic name of al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary). The Hebrew name for the Temple Mount is Har HaBayit (Mount of the House).
A total of 129 countries supported the resolution and 11 voted against it, with 31 abstentions.
The United States opposed the text, saying that it is "morally, historically and politically wrong" for the UNGA to support language that denies Jewish ties to the site.
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