. >> reporter: u.n. esco recently claimed these muslim spots. >> it is not a scientific society. there is a vote of countries to decide designations of different places. >> hebron's cave of patriarchs. separate areas are set up for muslims and jews to pray in the cave. islamic authorities say jews have no hiory in the mrasz. place. >> abraham was never a jew. he was a muslim. pure muslim according to the koran. >> this site in bethlehem is believed to be the burial place of rachel. the palastinians say it is a mosque. >> the great ironny abou rachel's tomb. in islamic tradition it wasn't called a mosque. this is a whole new invention of the palastinian authority from 1996. >> former u.n. ambassador dor ri can gold told cbn news about historic docunts proving muslims reck newsed the tomb as jewish. >> we have an imperial degree from 1830 which says rachel's tomb is a jewish site. >> benjamin netanyahu said of israel's 4,000 year connection to these placesand noted more than a billion people believe the historic documentation in the bible. the mosque designation was crucial to revi