Court Petition: Western Wall Tunnels a Holy Site for Christians, Muslims
The High Court of Justice has agreed to hear a petition asking why the Western Wall Tunnels have been declared a holy site for Jews and not for Muslims and...
Fearing BDS, West Bank Archaeologists and Digs to Remain Under Wraps
A Jerusalem court upheld on Wednesday the state’s decision to maintain the anonymity of Israeli archaeologists digging in the West Bank. The court also approved the withholding of information about...
Court: Names of Israeli Archaeologists Digging in West Bank Can Stay Secret
The names of Israeli archaeologists excavating in the West Bank should be kept secret, likewise the location of where dug-up artifacts are stored, Jerusalem District Court has ruled. It thereby...
How Archaeology Became an Israeli-Palestinian Battleground
A controversial Unesco vote and new finds in Jerusalem highlight the struggle over the past and future of a divided Holy Land Ilan Ben Zion, 4 November 2016 Archaeology has...
Israeli museum transfer sets ‘dangerous precedent’
A recent court ruling sanctioned the move of a rare archaeological library from East to West Jerusalem By Ylenia Gostoli, Aljazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/israeli-museum-transfer-sets-dangerous-precedent-160817083818469.html
High Court of Justice okays transfer of ancient library to western Jerusalem
The High Court of Justice rejected a petition from a left-wing NGO to block the transfer of an ancient library from the Rockefeller Museum in east Jerusalem to the new,...
The West Bank Palestinian villagers in legal limbo
A tiny Palestinian village in the Hebron hills could soon cease to exist after a nine-year legal battle with Israeli authorities who say its 167 residents live on an archaeological...
Science meets politics as second temple era artifacts found in West Bank
By end of 2016 allocation of Tel Rumeida archeological park to the Jewish settlement in Hebron to be reversed By Uri Shapira, i24News http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/116773-160615-science-meets-politics-as-second-temple-era-artifacts-found-in-west-bank
Seven days in Hebron
Very well-written piece about the situation in Hebron By David Kattenburg Seven days in Hebron
Underground Jerusalem: an interactive journey
Jerusalem has vastly expanded in the 7,000 years of its existence. Including, in the past two decades, downwards. Beneath the Old City, one can already walk hundreds of meters underground,...