Promoters to Submit Cable Car Plan for the Old City
Following the government’s decisions to promote the construction of a cable car system from West Jerusalem to the Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem, the promoters will soon submit the plan...
Historic Jerusalem – Challenges and Proposals for Interim Steps
Introduction This document deals with the role of archaeology and tourism in reshaping the identity of Jerusalem’s Historic Basin, and the implications for the dispute over sovereignty. In the past...
Legal petition: discontinue contractual agreement between INPA and the Elad Foundation
On July 2, 2018, Emek Shaveh petitioned the Administrative Affairs Court to obligate the Israel Nature Parks Authority (INPA) to discontinue their partnership with the Elad Foundation at the City...
Government Meeting on Jerusalem Day: Strengthening the Settlements in the Historic Basin, State-Funded Excavations, and Promotion of Cable Car Project as “National Priority”
At a government meeting held on Sunday, May 13, it was decided to finance and expand archaeological-tourist development in Silwan, the Old City, and the Mount of Olives area. This...
Peace Now and Emek Shaveh have filed an appeal regarding the construction of a bridge in the Hinnom Valley
The Peace Now movement and Emek Shaveh organization filed an appeal through Advocate Kais Nasser to the District Planning and Building Appeals Committee against the decision of the Jerusalem Local Council...
National parks in Israel and the West Bank – On which Side is the Grass Greener?
Please press here to download On which side is the Grass Greener as PDF Introduction There are 346 national parks and nature reserves in Israel, constituting approximately 25% of the country’s...
Achievement for residents of Nabi Samuel: Tourism development plan is cancelled
The Civil Administration’s subcommittee for objections in the planning council for the West Bank has decided to reject the development plan for the Nabi Samuel antiquities site. The plan which...
Archaeology in the West Bank: Academic Research, National Identity, and Military Rule -the Lectures
Please find below links to the lectures of the conference “Archaeology in the West Bank: Academic Research, National Identity, and Military Rule”: Yonathan Mizrachi, Emek Shaveh – Opening Remarks ...
The Missing Piece: Reconstructing Narrative in Museums in the West Bank
Introduction The application of the Israeli “Museums Law” as a military order made it possible for the Ministry of Culture to allocate funds to museums in the West Bank....
Press Release – Elad’s Kedem Center in Silwan was approved by all the planning committees
Last Friday, July 14, a notice appeared in the media announcing the approval of plans for the Kedem Center due to be built at the entrance to Silwan, across the...