Jordan seeks Dead Sea Scrolls from Israel
THE Jordanian government has asked the United Nations to help it take the Dead Sea Scrolls from Israel.
JERUSALEM — The Jordanian government has asked the United Nations to help it take the Dead Sea Scrolls from Israel.
Jordan last week filed a complaint with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) claiming that Israel stole the 900 ancient religious text fragments from an eastern Jerusalem museum during the Six-Day War in 1967.
The scrolls are currently on display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
A Jordanian antiquities official said in a statement that Jordan has documents to prove it owns the scrolls.
Earlier this month Canada rejected a request by Jordan to confiscate the documents under international law.
JTA