The Silvan town of occupied East Jerusalem has become the center of a systematic Judaization operation carried out under the guise of archaeology and tourism in recent years. By Gökalp Erbaş Israel is using its archaeological excavations in the Silvan neighborhood of East Jerusalem not only for historical findings, but also as a strategic tool to displace Palestinian communities and ...
On top of it, U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio’s high-profile tour was orchestrated to cement a “shared Judeo-Christian history” in Jerusalem. In Jerusalem today, archaeology has been weaponized. What should be the impartial study of the past has been turned into a tool of identity politics, land grabs, and sovereignty claims. Cultural heritage is not only being destroyed—it is being rewritten. ...