A Deep Breath of Israel

31/08/2022

Demanding ‘return’ was never meant to achieve peace, but to obtain the same goal that escaped the Arabs in the war of 1948 — the prevention of Jewish self-determination.

Settling the original refugees and their millions of descendants in the State of Israel was not, and is still not, a humanitarian gesture, as Beinart seems to believe, but a political action, aimed at restoring Arab and Muslim dominance to a land that the Palestinians view as exclusively theirs.

Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf are the authors of The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace (2020), which Peter Beinart, in his widely read Guard...

04/08/2021

Evidence of an earthquake that took place 2,800 years ago had been found in the past at other sites in, but Israel archaeologists had never uncovered any indication of it in Jerusalem.

21/03/2021

The basket was found empty and closed with a lid. Only a small amount of soil was retrieved in it and the researchers hope it will help identify what the vessel contained.

18/01/2021

Rare column heads located at Armon Hanatziv walkway, indicating residents of ancient city found their fortunes outside the walls after easing of Assyrian siege 2,700 years ago

11/01/2021

Baptism of the Lord on January 10 celebrated with 50 priests, guests, and soldiers, at the Franciscan St. John the Baptist Chapel

07/01/2021

Archaeologists still debate which city came first — let alone how to define one in the first place. But a few settlements offer illuminating views of early urban life.

02/01/2021

Text and Photos by Matt Churchill Sometimes Israel is described as a land bridge connecting three continents: to the west is the vast Mediterranean Sea and to the East is 400 miles of Arabian Desert. Even the birds know this, 500 million of them making their migrations down to Africa every Autumn an...

20/12/2020

A newly found inscription has forced archaeologists to rethink their dating of a fortification wall, and high-tech analysis is building a clearer picture than ever of the site

18/12/2020

The interior of the Golden Gate in the 1970’s

16/12/2020

A reconstruction of the synagogue’s interior

13/12/2020

Text and photos by MATT CHURCHILL The oldest military campaign ever recorded is that of Thutmose III on the wall of the temple in Karnak, ca. 1468 BCE. This is where Gezer is mentioned for the first time in history. Indeed, from the top of Tel Gezer one can understand its strategic importance: it si...

13/12/2020

In the Middle Ages, crusaders from the Latin West left an indelible mark on the cities of the Near East, constructing castles and fortresses that would

21/10/2020

בית בוסל הוקם כבית חולים נוצרי, שינה את ייעודו מדי כמה שנים והפך לחלק בלתי נפרד ממרקם העיר, עד שנסגר לפני כ-40 שנה. כעת, באמצע גל הקורונה השני ולקראת סיום עבודות השימור ....

11/10/2020

Written around the time of King Solomon, this special artifact provides insight into the Hebrew calendar.

06/10/2020

Could this be the remnant of the gate to the southern underground Music Room?

19/08/2020

Work to upgrade the entrance to Tzfat's Old City has unearthed an attack tunnel dating to Israel's 1948 War of Independence. Experts believe that the tunnel was dug by local Arabs, who inten

02/08/2020

For Tisha B'av, Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Joe Uziel presents how new scientific techniques are changing what we know today about the two major destructions

22/07/2020

Among the 2,700-year-old finds: 120 inscribed seal impressions on jars at storage facility holding food collected as taxes for kings Hezekiah, Menashe in First Temple times

13/07/2020

Imri Elia, a resident of Kibbutz Niri, found the small engraved clay plate featuring two human figures near Tel Jemmeh.

09/07/2020

The dolmen near the kibbutz is the largest one even discovered in the Middle East and its ceiling features 14 tridents carved into the stone.