How Israeli settlers turn archaeological sites into political tools - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Akiva Eldar

Akiva Eldar

Oct 3, 2017

Excavations at the biblical town of Shiloh in the West Bank. Late 2016. — Emek Shave

Visitors enter Shiloah Pool, part of an archaeological site known as a the City of David, still an active dig and also a tourist attraction, situated close to Silwan, a Palestinian neighbourhood next to Jerusalem's Old City June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RTX2J0X4

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Akiva Eldar

A Jewish worshipper policeman prays in Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus early July 4, 2011. Israeli troops escorted buses with Jewish worshippers to the tomb in coordination with the Palestinian forces that control Nablus to let Jews pray on the day when it is believed Joseph died, at the site believed to be the burial place of the biblical patriarch Joseph. REUTERS/Nir Elias (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E7740WG601

Jewish heritage in the West Bank, a tool of Israel’s right

Ksenia Svetlova

Ksenia Svetlova

Decades after discovery, Jerusalem’s Byzantine masterpiece may open to public

Ilan Ben Zion

US envoy to Israel demolishes American Bahrain conference achievements

Akiva Eldar