The UNESCO on Thursday afternoon passed a resolution tabled by Palestine and other Arab states denying any Jewish connection to the Aqsa Mosque and its Western Wall and Plaza.
26 countries abstained from the vote including Serbia and Turkmenistan while 24 countries supported the initiative and six voted against it.
France Sweden Slovenia India Argentina and Togo at first were going to vote for the resolution but they were convinced to abstain from voting at the end.
The US UK Lithuania the Netherlands Estonia and Germany voted against the Palestinian-backed resolution.
