Israel is to suspend all collaboration with the United Nations' education, science and culture organisation after a resolution on Jerusalem, the Culture Ministry says.
In a statement, Naftali Benet said UNESCO's new resolution that erased the connection between Judaism and Temple Mount was shameful, and therefore Israel would be breaking all ties with the organisation.
The resolution was adopted on Thursday and stated that temple Mount, located in occupied Palestinian land and containing al-Aqsa Mosque, was a solely Muslim place of worship.
It also included an energetic condemnation of Israel's management of holy sites in Jerusalem.
The acts denounced included that Israel would often prohibit both Muslims and UNESCO experts from entering the mosque, that it had not taken appropriate measures against frequent extremist stormings of the complex and violence against visitors and workers and illegal measures against freedom of worship had greatly escalated.
"UNESCO deeply deplores the new cycle of violence, going on since October 2015, in the context of the constant aggressions by the Israeli settlers and other extremist groups against Palestinian residents including schoolchildren and also asks the Israeli authorities to prevent such aggressions," said the text.
Benet said the resolution showed support for Islamist terror and warned that those that rewarded supporters of jihad in Jerusalem on the same week as the killing of two Israelis could be the next victims.
He added that UNESCO's move could even inspire and legitimise future terrorists.
Of the 56 countries that form the UNESCO executive committee, six voted against the resolution, 24 voted for and 26 abstained.
