Publications

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...

Knesset Committee Considers Extending Israeli Antiquities Governance to Areas A and B as well as C

Last week (March 18th), the Knesset’s Education, Culture and Sports Committee held a third discussion on a bill that would subject antiquity sites in the West Bank to Israeli civilian...

Knesset Deliberations on Annexationist Archaeology Bill to Continue; Conference on Archaeology in “Judea and Samaria” opens in Jerusalem

Knesset Committee to Deliberate Bill to Expand Israel Antiquity Authority’s Jurisdiction into the West Bank The proposed legislation to extend the Israel Antiquities Authority’s (IAA) Jurisdiction into the West Bank will...

Summary of Knesset Committee Discussion of Bill to Expand IAA’s Jurisdiction into West Bank

Last week, November 27th, the Knesset’s Education, Culture, and Sports Committee discussed a proposed bill to expand the Israel Antiquities Authority’s jurisdiction into the West Bank in a move that...

New Settlement, expanding outposts, represent wholesale attack on World Heritage Site of Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir  

Joint alert by Peace Now, Combatants for Peace, Emek Shaveh Summary: The World Heritage Site known as the Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir...

Alert: Military issues order to seize land at summit of ancient site of Sebastia

Yesterday (July 24th, 2024) we learned that the Israeli army has issued (on July 10th, 2024) an order to seize 1.3 dunam at the archaeological site of Sebastia in the...

Position Paper: Proposed Amendments to the Antiquities Authority Law to Expand the Authority’s Jurisdiction into the West Bank

Ahead of the Preliminary Vote on P/2345/25: The Israel Antiquities Authority Law (Amendment – Authority of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Judea and Samaria), 2023 Tomorrow (10/7/2024), a preliminary vote...