Archaeology, Heritage Making and Ethnic Cleansing: Making the Occupied West Bank a “Land Without a People” by Archaeologists Against Apartheid Cover image: Settlers storm archaeological site in Sebastia (Yemen News Agency) The attack on archaeological sites in Palestine is far from being only an erasure…

New piece w. Everyday Orientalism illustrating how Israel’s historic cultural erasure against Palestinians continues in the present, using heritage as a pretext to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their land
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The ancient Roman theatre at Sebastia

Israel wants to expropriate the archaeological site of Sebastia in the occupied West Bank to make it a tourist destination. We have to stop this threat to Palestinian cultural heritage.
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Samaria! changed into Sebastia! by Aren Maeir. edites between [ ] "Today we went out for a field trip with the participants of the "Samaria and Jerusalem" conference. The first stop was at the site of [ancient] Samaria/Sebastia [which, in the 1st millennium BCE, was the] capital of the Israelite Kingdom. [The site of Sebastia is now part of the village of Sebastia (a name that goes back to the 1st c. BCE) in the West Bank, Israel is currently attempting to illegally annex Sebastia in order to turn the site into a Biblical theme park] Last time I visited the site was in the early it's [sic], so it was super interesting and exciting to be bacl at the site [in total impunity]. Here are some pictures that I took on the site. Follow 9 thumbnails of pictures.

I fixed Bar-IlanU faculty and ASOR 2025 participant Aren Maeir's latest blog post for free. You are welcome. #savesebastia #boycottasor
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Stop Israel’s takeover of the Palestinian village of Sebastia Israel is trying to take over an ancient Palestinian village and its sacred religious sites—including the tomb of St. John the Baptist.Sebastia is a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank and i...

Stop Israel’s takeover of the Palestinian village of Sebastia - Tell Congress: Urge the State Department to stop Israel’s illegal seizure of Sebastia #savesebastia

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Archaeology is the software; the bulldozer is the hardware. Ariel University hosts a Jan 2026 conference to "normalize" settlement ties. By hosting global scholars, an illegal institution launders a war crime. Participating in heritage theft is complicity. 🧵 1/4

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Save Sebastia and Silwan: Illegal Israeli University Hosts International Scholars at Conference  Normalising the Theft of Palestinian Heritage by Archaeologists Against Apartheid Amid news of Israel’s active theft of the universally important Palestinian archaeological site, Sebastia, the country’s archaeological community is coming toget…

Save Sebastia and Silwan: Illegal Israeli University Hosts International Scholars at Conference Normalising the Theft of Palestinian Heritage  – EVERYDAY ORIENTALISM #SaveSebastia #SaveSilwan #BoycottIsrael #BoycottIsraeliArchaeology #BoycottASOR everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/s...

Israel is seizing an ancient historical site to turn it into a tourist site Israeli authorities are encroaching on the ancient site of Sebastia in the West Bank to create a tourist attraction aimed at settlers, raising worries of the displacement of Palestinians.

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You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons.

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Archaeology-washing apartheid: Why you should boycott the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) cover image: ASOR President Andrew Vaughn with co-director of the Israel Antiquities Authority “City of David” (Silwan, East Jerusalem) excavation Yiftah Shalev at ASOR’s 2025 ann…

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