Destroying, erasing, and building over heritage sites that do not suit the ethno-religious State narrative is instrumental to the Zionist colonial project. The same has been done in other British settler colonies, including Canada cc UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Heritage for Peace

Please take the time to read this. The UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 world heritage landscape of Battir is at risk due to Israeli settlement building. In my desk review of this nomination and I warned of this potential. It was the last time I was asked to do a review.

"Settler violence against #Palestinains is attributable to the State of #Israel and its central and local government". Hence #sanctions must be imposed on the State of Israel, not just individual settlers/settlement products. Time to act was decades ago: as it was not done, that

A key facet of genocide is to eradicate cultural heritage, an unambiguous war crime, archaeological organisations must strongly condemn Israeli plans to place illegal settlement in protected Palestinian cultural landscapes like Battir. thejournal.ie/israeli-settle…

This is amazing reporting by Bloomberg. The amount of rubble that has to be cleared out before Gaza can be built. 42 million tonnes of debris that will cost $700 million just to clear out: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

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We are looking for a classical archaeologist of Greece (T-T). Please spread the word!

SELF-DEFENSE? Israel claims that what it is doing in the West Bank is justified under the law of self-defence. This claim has no validity. Twenty years ago the CIJ_ICJ determined that Israel could not invoke self-defence under article 51 of the UN Charter to justify its Wall in

Once he’s done committing war crimes in Gaza, he’ll return to Columbia University and complain about feeling threatened by peaceful student protesters holding Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs.

More hard work from our Archaeology | Southampton students on fieldwork!

Day 3 and Archaeology | Southampton students have started to survey the landing craft at Itchenor. Suns out and everyone making a great start. #Archaeology Dig Monkeys

‘Do archaeologists really, though, want to be associated with the sorts of human rights abuses happening in the places to which they are returning?’ Excellent piece by William Carruthers: williamcarruthers.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/abr…

Reading the health experts, I am starting to think with horror that if it's not stopped, Israel's assault could end up exterminating almost the entire population in Gaza over the next couple of years. The range of presumable direct and indirect deaths could be between 15 and

Another day another Israeli war crime. Shame on all of us. Its enablers. And the rest of us who have failed to stop it! theguardian.com/world/live/202…

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What are the role + problems of ‘biblical archaeology’ in writing the history of Israel-Palestine? See Dr. Chance Bonar's new #EOPalestine post to find ou!👇 everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/the…

What Israel has just done is, via *any* method, reckless. They blew up countless numbers of people who were driving (meaning cars out of control), shopping (your children are in the stroller standing behind him in the checkout line), et cetera. Indistinguishable from terrorism.

The British School at Athens is seeking a dynamic and innovative Digital Humanities Assistant to join our team! In this role, you will be responsible for the development and support of digital humanities projects. Further info & how to apply: bsa.ac.uk/2024/09/13/dig…

🚨MYTH: “The Palestinians are not Indigenous to the Land so they have no claim to it” Dr Matthew Ong sets the record straight on one of the historical factoids commonly used by Zionists to legitimize their ethnic cleansing project. everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/myt…