24.6.2026 Note: This report was written jointly by Dror Etkes, founder of Kerem Navot*, Dr. Yael Sela, Palestine Solidarity Co-op** and Emek Shaveh *** Download as a PDF In March...
Note: This is an updated version with details of the recent expropriation order issued by the Israeli Civil Administration for the entire site of Sebastia which requires immediate attention. Download...
The Israeli Cabinet Decisions Authorize Enforcement in Area A Overriding Palestinian Jurisdiction at Antiquity Sites; Ministerial Committee Approves advancing New Annexationist Antiquities Law to First Reading The Israeli cabinet approved...
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 to my Academic Colleagues Participating in “The First International Conference on Archaeology and Site Conservation of Judea and Samaria” Download as a PDF Last weekend, I found a...
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...
Cabinet Decision to Allow Israeli Civil Administration Jurisdiction at Heritage Sites in Area B of the West Bank The recent reports in the Israeli media about the cabinet’s decision (from...
General introduction While local and international attention is justifiably focused on the destruction and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, or on settler violence in the West Bank, processes tantamount to the weaponization...
Sebastia: Yesterday, October 1st, Minister for Environmental Protection Idit Silman arrived at the site of Sebastia with Head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan and members of the public. Signs...
This Monday, July 17th, the government is scheduled to approve a plan of 120 million NIS to “salvage, preserve, develop and prevent antiquity theft at heritage sites in Judea, Samaria and the...