Israel criticizes UN & UNESCO on Jericho — Reading comprehension exercise

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STEP 1

Read the following article: READING COMPREHENSION ARTICLE 43

STEP 2

Answer these questions (choose the best answer):

1. Jericho is one of the oldest _______________ inhabited cities in the world.

sporadically continuously sparsely

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2. Who occupies the West Bank currently?

Israel The Palestinian Authority Jordan

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3. Jericho is close to ________________.

Tel Aviv The Dead Sea The Red Sea

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4. Is Israel currently part of UNESCO?

No Yes The article doesn't say.

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5. Israel's main problem with the listing of Jericho as a 'world heritage site' is ______________.

that it was proposed by the Palestinian Authority that no Israeli sites were included, but a Palestinian site was that it states that the site is in Palestine, which Israel doesn't recognize

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Did you know? International organizations like the UN often issue resolutions or statements that individual countries may publicly criticize or reject. Reading about these disagreements is useful for building vocabulary around diplomacy, criticism, and international law.