The United Nations World Heritage Committee has declared the Inform es-Sultan archaeological website in Jericho a “World Heritage Website in Palestine.” This choice was made at a convention in Riyadh, in response to UNESCO. The announcement was met with approval from the Palestinian Authority, whereas Israel expressed anger over the choice.

The newly designated website, located in Jericho within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, accommodates historical ruins relationship again to the ninth millennium BCE. Jericho itself is taken into account one of many oldest constantly inhabited cities on the planet.

In response to the choice, the Palestinian Authority International Affairs Ministry launched an announcement on Sunday praising the popularity of Jericho’s cultural, financial, and political significance. Additionally they highlighted the positioning’s 10,000 years of human improvement.