Sebastia inscribed as a World Heritage Site in Palestine
Emek Shaveh congratulates the State of Palestine, the Municipality of Sebastia and the people of Sebastia on the addition of Sebastia to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Download...
Update: Advancement of Heritage Authority Bill Halted
We can now confirm that on Tuesday (02.06.2026), after nearly two years and seventeen Knesset committee sessions, the “Judea, Samaria and Gaza Strip Heritage Authority Law, 2026” was halted, at least for...
Knesset Committee moves forward to finalize “Heritage Authority in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip Law, 2026″
Today (May 26th, 2026), the Knesset’s Education, Culture and Sports Committee continued its marathon discussions on the “Heritage Authority in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip Law, 2026,” following the...
ALERT: New Civilian Authority to Govern Antiquities in the West Bank
Legislation to Establish a Civilian Authority to Govern Antiquities in the West Bank Passes First Vote Yesterday, May 11, 2026, during the opening of the final session of the 25th Knesset,...
Sebastia: community-led heritage preservation in a threatened cultural landscape
Carla Benelli Download as a PDF For nearly two decades, the Palestinian association Mosaic Centre and the NGO Pro Terra Sancta, in partnership with the Municipality of Sebastia, Al-Quds University,...
Urgent update: ICA moves to expropriate entire Sebastia acropolis in a major step toward annexation
The Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) issued an expropriation notice for the entire acropolis of Sebastia and surrounding area, in a grave development that represents annexation of one of the region’s...
Government approves additional 40 million NIS for ancient sites in the West Bank
The Israeli government decided on Sunday, October 26th, to allocate a further 40 million NIS for archaeological sites in the West Bank for 2025-2026. The new funds come from budget cuts across government...
Open letter from archaeologists, conservation experts, museum curators and other heritage professionals against cultural destruction in Gaza and the West Bank
Download as a PDF In recent days we have learnt of the total destruction of a building housing the archaeological store-rooms of the École Biblique in Gaza, an act that...
Open letter about the destruction in Gaza and the West Bank
Since the beginning of the war, Emek Shaveh has been working to monitor and document the destruction of cultural heritage assets in Gaza. In light of the intensifying assault on...
Urgent Press Release by Emek Shaveh Response to COGAT’s Announcement Regarding the forced evacuation of the antiquities warehouse in Gaza
The announcement distributed today by COGAT regarding the antiquities warehouse that was forced to be evacuated prior to its complete destruction in a military air-strike is a disgrace. The strike,...