UNESCO adds West Bank site, Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections
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The area’s archeological remains span the Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods. Christian and Islamic tradition holds that John the Baptist was buried there, according to a UNESCO website. Sebastia’s nomination, first submitted by the Palestinian delegation to UNESCO in 2012, argued that World Heritage status was needed to help preserve the site, saying it remains largely undeveloped under Israeli control and requires additional conservation despite attracting tourists.
- ▪The area’s archeological remains span the Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods.
- ▪Christian and Islamic tradition holds that John the Baptist was buried there, according to a UNESCO website.
- ▪Sebastia’s nomination, first submitted by the Palestinian delegation to UNESCO in 2012, argued that World Heritage status was needed to help preserve the site, saying it remains largely undeveloped under Israeli control and requires additio
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Open this photo in gallery:A Palestinian visitor takes a photo at the Roman historical site in the West Bank town of Sebastia, in November, 2025.Nasser Nasser/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountA United Nations committee voted Friday to inscribe a major archeological site in the West Bank and a set of castles in southern Lebanon as World Heritage sites, despite objections from Israel, which had urged the committee to reject the bids.The decision at a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization meeting in South Korea came days after Israel’s Foreign Ministry urged the committee to reject efforts to designate the small West Bank town of Sebastia and the Lebanese castles, calling the nominations a “weaponization of…
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