Public discussion: The Future of Jerusalem’s Past
In cooperation with the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Emek Shaveh held a conference in June 2014 on the subject “The Future of Jerusalem’s Past: Management of Ancient Sites in the...
Update—‘Kedem Compound’ and ‘Beit HaLiba’
The ‘Kedem Compound’ was approved following a hearing of objections; the Appeals Committee decided to send ‘Beit HaLiba’ to the Planning and Building Committee for additional discussion Last Wednesday (11...
The Opening of Underground Area in the Old City is Clear Example of Archaeology serving Political Goals
On Sunday, June 1 2014, an educational visitors’ center is opening in an underground site from the 14th century in the Muslim Quarter. The site will be inaugurated by the...
Update: New Master Plan for Tel Shiloh
A master plan for an 11,000 sq. meter tourism center in the Tel Shiloh archaeological site was submitted in March 2014 to the Planning & Building Committee of the Civil...
Update: The Archaeological Excavations in Tel Rumeida, Hebron
Since January 2014 the Israeli Antiquities Authority has been conducting an archaeological excavation in Tel Rumeida in Hebron.[1] In the first month, the excavation took place in an area known...
From Territorial Contiguity to Historical Continuity: Asserting Israeli Control through National Parks in East Jerusalem
Introduction The Subcommittee for Objections of the District Planning and Building Committee approved the establishment of the “Mt. Scopus Slopes National Park” on the land of the villages of Issawiyya...
Tel Shiloh (Khirbet Seilun)
Introduction The inauguration ceremony for the Migdal Ha-Ro’eh (“the Tower of the Seeing Prophet”) at Tel Shiloh, which took place in July 2013, was attended by the heads of religious...
Silwan: Collapses near the archaeological excavations
The snowstorm that hit Jerusalem last week caused collapses and severe damage in areas near and above some of the archaeological excavations taking place in the village of Silwan. Collapses...
Update: How the decision was made to declare the Mount Scopus Slopes a National Park
On Thursday, November 14, 2013, the Jerusalem Regional Planning and Building Opposition Sub-Committee decided to establish a national park to span approximately 160 acres between the villages of ‘Issawiyya and...
The government has decided to build the “Kedem Compound” in Silwan
The government is going ahead with plans to build the “Kedem Compound” on the site of the “Givati Parking Lot” excavations, at the entrance to the village of Silwan, and...