Israel’s control over archaeology increasingly overlaps with settler expansion, restricting Palestinian access and recasting centuries-old sites in the occupied West Bank as exclusively Israeli heritage.
Rights advocates are raising concerns over what they say could be a troubling precedent if a bill is signed restricting the teaching of Palestinian history.
As Israel enjoys impunity on every front for every action, PM Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped into a whole new realm of chutzpah – and the world didn’t bat an eye when he signaled that Palestine has vanished, or at best is irrelevant.