Israel’s 1978 Antiquities Law was tightened in 2012 and again last year, so that all licensed dealers are now required to share images of everything in their inventory.
Israel Palestine
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The facts on the ground in the West Bank
Elizabeth Webb reviews “A Land Without Borders” by Nir Baram.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A journey through the Holy Land with Catholic novelist Ron Hansen
Why Ron Hansen will never read the Gospels the same.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Holy Land Festival unites Muslims and Christians in hope for restored peace
The festival cultivates a conversation of hope around the Holy Land, with many groups coming together to engage visitors with the situation of Christians and of peace in the Holy Land.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
The Puppet Master of Gaza
Three years after the 50-day war broke out in Gaza, local artists are helping children heal from war’s traumas.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Prayer, puppets and pleas for peace in Gaza
After countless wars, the Palestinian citizens of a tiny strip of land surrounded by Israel find a way to persevere.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
In ‘Oslo’ peace is a process, not a destination
Like all the best historical narratives, “Oslo” shows the intense fragility and contingency of human affairs
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump visits Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall in Holy Land
President Donald Trump began his two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a private visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Why Catholic leaders are advocating for Palestinian political prisoners
The prisoners are seeking an improvement in their prison conditions and an end to administrative detention.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The exile of Palestinian refugees spans 50 years
The plight of Palestinians uprooted by Israeli-Arab wars is one of the world’s longest-running refugee crises, and a solution for millions of refugees and their descendants appears distant.