The Czech parliament sharply denounced the vote of an Arab countries-proposed UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem which ignores the Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Wailing Wall.

The Chamber of Deputies, the parliament’s lower house, said the government should use all opportunities to express the Czech Republic's displeasure to it and to protest against the politicisation of UNESCO.

The resolution only uses Muslim names for the places in Jerusalem's Old City, adding that it also ignored Christian ties to the holy sites in Jerusalem.

The Chamber of Deputies said the document denies the historic ties between the Jewish nation and the Temple Mount and the Wailing Wall.

It is "written in a hateful, anti-Israeli spirit, denying not only Jewish, but also Christian ties to the holy sites in Jerusalem," it added.

The formulation used in the resolution contradicts the United Nations peaceful character, discrediting UNESCO and enhancing anti-Semitic tendencies, the Czech resolution said.

"It is the same as if we denied the Czechs' relationship with the Prague Castle, the seat of Czech heads of state," one MP said.

The Czech Republic is one of Israel’s best friends among the European Union member states.

The country’s Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said that if the Czech Republic were represented on the UNESCO Executive Board, it would have voted against.

Meanwhile in Jerusalem this week, 23 visiting parliamentarians called on governments around the world to reject the controversial UNESCO vote .

In a statement they said that the resolution seeks “to deny Jerusalem’s Jewish origins and Christian beliefs and heritage.”

The resolution denounced the “misrepresentation of the Jewish State of Israel as an occupier, noting the anti-Semitic nature and effect of the term’s improper usage against the State of Israel.”

The parliamentarians from 18 different countries were in Israel for the annual conference organized by the Israel Allies Foundation.