The Nea Church
To download The Nea Church as a PDF click here To download The Nea Church as a WORD doc click here History and Significance of the Church The Nea...
The Little Kotel in the Muslim Quarter, Ateret Cohanim and Hanukkah
During the festival of Hanukkah this past week, the settler group, Ateret Cohanim, held several candle-lighting ceremonies at the Little Western Wall (the Kotel Ha’Katan) in the presence of various...
The Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif – Archaeology in a Political Context
Who controls the temple mount? Introduction Immediately after the 1967 War, Israel’s then Defense Minister Moshe Dayan declared that the Islamic Waqf would retain their authority over the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif...
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...
Survery shows Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem experience the archaeological activities as a tool to undermine Jerusalem’s national and religious identity
July, 2016 Survey shows Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem experience the archaeological activities as a tool to undermine Jerusalem’s national and religious identity Issues of identity, religion and...
Denial of Access and Worship on the Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in 2012-2014
Introduction In this document we present a summary of the instances when worshipers and visitors were denied access to the Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif by Israeli police in 2014-2012....
Antiquities in the Basement: Ideology and Real Estate at the Expense of Archaeology In Jerusalem’s Old City
Introduction The present volume is a series of abstracts based on longer reports by Emek Shaveh which draw on internal documents of the Israel Antiquities Authority (henceforth: IAA),[1] obtained under...
Why is the Mughrabi Ramp a political issue?
In early September, the newspaper Haaretz published an article about the dismantling of a new Mughrabi ramp whose construction began in August. That ramp, like the existing one, was declared...
David’s Tomb on Mt. Zion
Introduction In January 2013, the tiles that decorated the walls of David’s Tomb were methodically destroyed in an act of vandalism. The tiles were the remnants of a unique decoration...
Frequent Questions about Jerusalem’s Old City
How old is the Old City? The walled city as we know it was established by the Romans as ‘Aelia Capitolina’ in the second century CE, after they had destroyed...