[17 June 13] Palestinian Authority cancels UNESCO bid under pressure from israel - English
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The Palestinian Authority has cancelled plans to submit a bid for the village of Battir to be listed on the UNESCO world heritage...
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The Palestinian Authority has cancelled plans to submit a bid for the village of Battir to be listed on the UNESCO world heritage list one year after The Church of Nativity was voted on the list.
The council of Battir submitted the bid to the Palestinian Authority which was accepted by Acting Chief of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in January in time for the deadline of February. However a local Palestinian paper stated that the Palestinian Authority revealed in secret that they withheld the bid in order to broker a deal with Israel.