Archaeological Vandalism: Ancient Jewish Sites in Biblical Heartland Under Systematic Attack

Archaeological Vandalism: Ancient Jewish Sites in Biblical Heartland Under Systematic Attack

Deliberate vandalism and institutional neglect endanger thousands of sites documenting biblical and post-biblical Jewish history The ancient aqueduct system that once carried water from Hebron through Bethlehem to Jerusalem—an engineering marvel built by King Herod over two millennia ago—survived Roman conquests, Byzantine rule, Crusader invasions, and Ottoman occupation. It could not, however, survive the Palestinian Authority’s 2022 excavation…