The UNESCO Administrative Committee is expected to hold a new vote Tuesday on Jerusalem resolution that was adopted by the UN agency last week.
Last Thursday member states of the UNESCO voted on a draft resolution that denied any Jewish connection to the Aqsa Mosque compound and the Western Wall (al-Buraq Wall) and their surrounding areas.
However Mexico changed its position under Israeli pressures and called for a new vote.
Mexico’s dramatic decision forces a new vote on the Jerusalem resolution to be held on Tuesday.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper quoted an Israeli official as saying that the Jewish community in Mexico protested against the country’s position and exerted pressures on the Mexican government to change its decision.
Similar pressures are being exerted on other member states to change their positions during the new vote session.
