Emek Shaveh’s Response to UNESCO Executive Board 200 decision
In response to UNESCO’s Executive Board’s decision on Palestine in the (Executive Board 200 session on Occupied Palestine) we would like to say the following: In the last year...
Victory for residents of ‘Anata: They can now return to Tel Almit, an archaeological site on their village grounds
The State announced to the High Court that the site and surrounding private properties have been removed from the Binyamin Regional Council and the Anatot settlement jurisdiction The village council...
Update: Zeev Elkin – Jerusalem Affairs and Environmental Protection Minister
At the end of July, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu chose to appoint Zeev Elkin as Minister of Environmental Protection. Elkin has been head of the Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs and...
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
A tourist site dedicated to the Jewish people’s longing for Jerusalem was launched in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter in a 14th century structure from the Mamluk period
A tourist site dedicated to the ascendance of Jewish people to Jerusalem throughout the generations appeared recently in the media. The first tourist site of its kind, it is called...
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
Public celebration of Samuel the prophet turns the Nabi Samuel into an ultra-Orthodox ancient site, while locking in the Palestinian village for three days
Each year, a celebration of Samuel the prophet takes place at Nabi Samuel site North of Jerusalem. For the first time this year, the Palestinian village Nabi Samwil located next...
Seven days in Hebron
Very well-written piece about the situation in Hebron By David Kattenburg Seven days in Hebron