A shrine to a “wise woman” fulfilling an oraculor role. By Philippe BohstromArchaeologist The town of Abel Beth...
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Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. It...
There’s another, critical side of the Occupation that receives much less attention—its expression in the digital realm....
The ancient synagogue represents an inclusive, localized form of worship that did not crystallize until the destruction...
Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism....
With the rise of Zionism in the 19th century, land was purchased for settlement – they they...
Sumūd the nonviolent everyday practices or resistance by Palestinians to Israeli occupation. Introduction In Palestine, the practice...
Arthur Balfour was a complex character, hard to read. His reasons for backing Zionism may have been...
In the religious politics of the Second Temple period, the Aaronide priestly dynasties were the Mushite priesthood....
Israel has already, and repeatedly, violated most conditions of what constitute an ‘Occupation’ from an international law...
Christian Zionism is an often-overlooked example of the powerful role Christians and Christian institutions play in US...
Judas Maccabeus prevailing over the Seleucids, painting by Gustav Dore (1832-1883) / Wikimedia Commons Judas Maccabeus’ death...
Ruins of the ancient Great Synagogue at Capernaum (or Kfar Nahum) on the shore of the Lake...
Impression of a Sumerian cylinder seal from the Early Dynastic IIIa period (ca. 2600 BC). Persons drinking...
Kudurru of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur granting LAK-ti Marduk freedom from taxation for services rendered during his invasion of Elam...
Ruins of the ancient Great Synagogue at Capernaum (or Kfar Nahum) on the shore of the Lake...
By the 3rd millennium BCE, the southern Levant was a land of small, fortified towns and villages,...
Medieval map of Jerusalem by Konrad Grünenberg / Wikimedia Commons The Kingdom of Israel was created after the...
Chaim Weizmann, Israel’s first president / Jerusalem Post The longing for Zion, the hope that the dispersed Jews...
Nathan Birbaum,(1864 – 1937) Austrian writer, Jewish thinker and nationalist. Wikicommons/ Zionist Archive. Some rights reserved. These...
A teacher from the Arab town of Kabul gives an Arabic class to Israeli schoolchildren. AP Photo/Oded Balilty...
A conservator shows a 2,700-year-old clay seal impression which archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority say belonged...
Dome of the Rock and Wailing Wall, Jerusalem / Photo by Peter Mulligan, Creative Commons By Dr. Michael...
“The Trump administration is giving Israel the green light to entrench a separate and unequal one-state reality...
By John LeDell / 01.02.2017 There is a lot of confusion about the variety of peace plans...
By John LeDell / 12.31.2016 Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank has been called benign by...
A couple walk in the Israeli settlement of Maale Edumim, in the occupied West Bank on December...
Palestinian Loss of Land, 1947 to Present – Click Image to Enlarge The writer goes around the...
Zionism excavates its secular justification from the Jerusalem dirt By Molly Oringer Doctoral Student in Cultural Anthropology...
“I don’t want my children to live my life. I’m looking for a future for my children and...