Israeli settlers threaten Palestinian archaeology in historic town of Sebastia - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Taghreed Ali

Taghreed Ali

Jan 20, 2021

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A picture taken on September 30, 2014 shows the town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank, hometown of Raed Saleh, the Palestinian-born Berlin mayoral candidate. After incumbent Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit announced his resignation the Palestinian immigrant Raed Saleh is one of three candidates to replace him. Saleh was was born in Sebastia, near Nablus in the West Bank, and is since three years the president of the Social Democrat Party (SPD) group in t — This photo shows the town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank, Sept. 30, 2014. — Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

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A general view of the ancient Roman ruins in the northern Palestinian West Bank village of Sebastia, 12 kms northwest of Nablus, on May 5, 2011. Sebastia is home to a number of important archaeological sites from six successive cultures dating back 10,000 years: Canaanite, Israelite, Hellenistic, Herodian, Roman and Byzantine. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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