Israel Antiquities Authority

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...

Press Release: Urgent Alert – Knesset to Debate Legislation Representing Annexation In Realm of Antiquities

This Wednesday, November 27th, the Knesset’s Education, Culture, and Sports Committee will deliberate a proposed amendment to the Antiquities Authority Law (1989)   to expand the Israel Antiquities Authority into 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...

Annexationist Agenda Informs Developments at Antiquity Sites in the oPt and other updates

General Introduction Over the past several months, we have been monitoring a proliferation of activities to expand and deepen Israeli control at several antiquity sites in the West Bank. These the include declaration...

The IAA lead excavation in Area C in possible violation of International Law

In March, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the Staff Officer for Archaeology (SOA) in the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) led a public excavation of the Murba’at Caves at the...

IDF Invites Israel Antiquities Authority to Gaza following “discovery” of Antiquities Storage Facility

Yesterday, Sunday, January 21st, the director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Eli Eskozido, shared on his Telegram and Instagram accounts a video showing soldiers examining a collection of antiquities in Gaza....

Update: Jerusalem Day 2023

Update: On Jerusalem Day, government announces a budget of millions for settler-led projects in Jerusalem’s Old City basin and extra funding for projects in the Western Wall plaza area Sunday’s (21.5.23)...

Press Release: Tel Sebastia and Jerusalem Day

Government decision to restore Tel Sebastia is a new record in Israel’s use of ancient sites in creeping annexation efforts, and what’s on the menu for Jerusalem Day Introduction Sunday’s...

Israel’s 37th Government’s Foreseen Policies for Heritage Sites in East Jerusalem and the West Bank

To download the paper as a PDF document click here    Introduction Last week, Sunday, January 29th, a government decision formalized a coalition promise to Itamar Ben Gvir’s party to transfer the...