Sebastia is in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Christian & Islamic tradition holds that John the Baptist was buried there. Its residents have protected the site through generations, despite occupation, restrictions, and repeated Israeli attempts to separate them from their heritage
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
Illness spread in Gaza at unknown rate; Gaza aid falls far short of ceasefire terms; Gaza on track to be “a smaller cage”; Christian presence in Palestine under threat; Israel’s ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank; Israel’s “abyss of dictatorship’; Israel blends ethnic cleansing and human trafficking
Some Israeli actions in the Palestinian Territories November 1-5: abduct, injure and attack people, demolish homes of 74 people, including 41 children – reports from IMEMC…