An Egyptian official has accused Israeli Jews of falsifying Jewish links to the land of Israel.
Speaking
in an interview on PA TV, Egyptian Foreign Affairs Council member and
former Foreign Minister’s aide Raja Ahmed Hassan claimed that Jews
forged historical artifacts in a bid to construct a false narrative over
Jewish ties to the land of Israel, a claim which was upheld by the program's host.
The claim came during the program The Cause in the Egyptian Halls, aired on Official PA TV on October 7, 2019.
According
to Palestinian Media Watch, which monitors Palestinian media output and
translates the Arabic language into English, Hassan said: “If they
allow Israel to, it will attempt to change the situation on the ground,
to change the cultural sites. It changes some of the existing
archaeological findings and writes on them in Hebrew. It takes control
of a large number of-"The program's host interjected: “A forgery of history.”Hassan
agreed, saying: “A forgery which contradicts the UNESCO decisions.
UNESCO has determined that neither Israel nor the Jews have any heritage
in Jerusalem.”