IAA not keen on expanding its authority into West Bank

ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: Archaeologists dig in against antiquities bill aiming to deepen Israel’s hold on West Bank. A push to shift oversight of excavations in the territory to a civilian authority sparks worries of creeping annexation, with researchers fearing they’ll bear brunt of any backlash (Rossella Tercatin, Times of Israel).

A long and detailed article on a very complicated situation.

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