New piece w. Everyday Orientalism, illustrating how Israel’s historic cultural erasure against Palestinians continues in the present, using heritage as a pretext to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their land
#savesebastia #savesilwan #archaeology https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/archaeology-heritage-making-and-ethnic-cleansing-making-the-occupied-west-bank-a-land-without-a-people
Archaeology, Heritage Making and Ethnic Cleansing: Making the Occupied West Bank a “Land Without a People”

by Archaeologists Against Apartheid Cover image: Settlers storm archaeological site in Sebastia (Yemen News Agency) The attack on archaeological sites in Palestine is far from being only an erasure…

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All archaeologists should make themselves aware of how Israel co-opts heritage as an instrument in its apartheid, ethnic cleansing & genocide against Palestinians. Not to do so is to choose wilful ignorance, silence, & complicity #boycottisrael #boycottisraeliarchaeology