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Monday, June 22, 2020

Supervision of archaeological sites on the West Bank

ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: In the Jerusalem Post, Rossella Tercatin has a couple of articles on the shifting political situation of archaeological sites on the West Bank:

Who is in charge of biblical sites in the West Bank? - Explainer. From the legal point of view, several stratifications of national and international law have been applied or partially applied to the matter since 1967.

Trump peace plan puts hundreds of biblical sites under Palestinian rule. There are about 6,000 sites of historical and archaeological importance in the parts of Area C that are supposed to transfer to the Palestinians on July 1.

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