Publications

Following Knesset committee discussion, Annexationist Bill Disguised as Antiquities Protection set to be finalized next week ahead of vote

On Wednesday, 31 December 2025, the Knesset’s Education, Culture and Sports Committee, chaired by MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism), held its fourth discussion on legislation that would extend Israeli civilian...

Urgent: Following Knesset committee discussion, Annexationist Bill Disguised as Antiquities Protection set to be finalized next week ahead of vote

On Wednesday, 31 December 2025, the Knesset’s Education, Culture and Sports Committee, chaired by MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism), held its fourth discussion on legislation that would extend Israeli civilian...

State of The Occupation 58

The two years since October 7 have been marked by major escalations in the scope and severity of human rights violations and breaches of international law in the Gaza Strip,...

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...

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...

Unprecedented number of archaeological site declarations distributed in northern West Bank and more

Unprecedented number of archaeological site declarations distributed in northern West Bank; attempt to boycott Israeli academic institutions rocks European archaeological community and other updates Update topics: Sixty declarations of archaeological...

Statement on Attack on Holy Family Church in Gaza, new developments in Hebron, and summary of the 47th World Heritage Committee Session regarding sites in E. Jerusalem, W.Bank and Gaza  

The following includes Emek Shaveh’s statement regarding last Thursday’s attack on the Roman Catholic Church in Gaza, new developments at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, and an update...

Destruction, Appropriation, and Displacement

Emek Shaveh’s response to latest report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, and Israel As we were preparing to send out this...

Objection to Military Seizure Order at Sebastia Rejected; Settler-led Projects Expected to be Given a Boost on Jerusalem Day As Government Plans to Hold Celebratory Meeting at the City of David in Silwan

Sebastia On Monday, May 19th, we received a response from the Military Advocate General’s Office rejecting our objection to the military seizure order for a summit at the Sebastia archaeological site in...