Israel accused of weaponising archaeology at ancient West Bank sites
Palestinian landowners in the West Bank are facing land expropriation by Israeli authorities for the development of a national park at the ancient site of Sebastia. Residents and landowners argue that the move is a form of cultural weaponization that displaces local communities and severs their connection to ancestral land.
Image source, Reuters By Sebastian Usher , Global affairs correspondent , Reporting from Sebastia, occupied West Bank and Callum Tulley , Reporting from Sebastia, occupied West Bank Published 17 minutes ago Up in the hills above the Roman columns of the ancient site of Sebastia, in the occupied West Bank, are olive fields that have been cultivated for generations by Palestinian families.
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