HUM 100
8-1 Short Answer: Religion in the Media
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-02-05/stolen-smuggled-artifacts-on-
display-in-jerusalem-museum
The article I found is called Digging Up Controversy
In recent years, new exhibits, archaeological parks, and excavations have become vehicles for
both Israelis and Palestinians to stake physical claims and emphasize their historic connections to
the long-disputed land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. "As a rule, we don't
encourage exhibition of looted objects." In the West Bank, most looters are Palestinians, and
most cases happen at remote sites in Israeli-controlled areas, according to Yasin and Israeli
officials. Israeli government officials at the exhibit's opening ceremony said fighting the looting
in the West Bank is a priority and accused Palestinian looters of deliberately trying to erase signs
of Jewish history there. In Hebron, a West Bank city where hundreds of Israeli Jews live in an
enclave surrounded by thousands of Palestinians, Israel recently opened a new national park to
showcase 2,000-year-old ruins of ritual baths and a wine press, typical signs of ancient Jewish
life, uncovered during excavations in 2014. Palestinian residents have criticized the park, saying
it only highlights a small part of the city's long history, and is located on their land. "It's being
used in a political way, not a scientific way, and Palestinians can't even visit it." There are
similar Palestinian claims about other Israeli national parks in the West Bank and Jerusalem,
including the popular City of David outside Jerusalem's Old City, where historical conclusions
are disputed even among Israeli archaeologists, and which is operated by the private Ir David
Foundation, which also is involved in efforts to buy real estate from local Palestinians to increase
the number of Jewish residents in the area. Usama Hamdan, a Palestinian archaeologist at Al
8-1 Short Answer: Religion in the Media
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-02-05/stolen-smuggled-artifacts-on-
display-in-jerusalem-museum
The article I found is called Digging Up Controversy
In recent years, new exhibits, archaeological parks, and excavations have become vehicles for
both Israelis and Palestinians to stake physical claims and emphasize their historic connections to
the long-disputed land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. "As a rule, we don't
encourage exhibition of looted objects." In the West Bank, most looters are Palestinians, and
most cases happen at remote sites in Israeli-controlled areas, according to Yasin and Israeli
officials. Israeli government officials at the exhibit's opening ceremony said fighting the looting
in the West Bank is a priority and accused Palestinian looters of deliberately trying to erase signs
of Jewish history there. In Hebron, a West Bank city where hundreds of Israeli Jews live in an
enclave surrounded by thousands of Palestinians, Israel recently opened a new national park to
showcase 2,000-year-old ruins of ritual baths and a wine press, typical signs of ancient Jewish
life, uncovered during excavations in 2014. Palestinian residents have criticized the park, saying
it only highlights a small part of the city's long history, and is located on their land. "It's being
used in a political way, not a scientific way, and Palestinians can't even visit it." There are
similar Palestinian claims about other Israeli national parks in the West Bank and Jerusalem,
including the popular City of David outside Jerusalem's Old City, where historical conclusions
are disputed even among Israeli archaeologists, and which is operated by the private Ir David
Foundation, which also is involved in efforts to buy real estate from local Palestinians to increase
the number of Jewish residents in the area. Usama Hamdan, a Palestinian archaeologist at Al
