Protesters Object to Display of Looted Objects at Israel’s Bible Lands Museum
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By Hakim Bishara
On Wednesday, January 30, a small group of Israeli human rights activists gathered outside the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem to protest the display of looted archaeological artifacts from occupied Palestinian territories in a controversial new exhibition. Finds Gone Astray, which opened on December 30, features 40,000 artifacts that the Archaeology Department of the Civil Administration (ADCA) — Israel’s military government in the West Bank — confiscated from looters and unauthorized dealers in antiquities over the past 50 years. The items were stolen from sites in occupied Palestinian territories, Syria, and Iraq. The protestors demand the immediate removal of the exhibition and the repatriation of the stolen items to the Palestinian Authority. [More]
By Hakim Bishara
On Wednesday, January 30, a small group of Israeli human rights activists gathered outside the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem to protest the display of looted archaeological artifacts from occupied Palestinian territories in a controversial new exhibition. Finds Gone Astray, which opened on December 30, features 40,000 artifacts that the Archaeology Department of the Civil Administration (ADCA) — Israel’s military government in the West Bank — confiscated from looters and unauthorized dealers in antiquities over the past 50 years. The items were stolen from sites in occupied Palestinian territories, Syria, and Iraq. The protestors demand the immediate removal of the exhibition and the repatriation of the stolen items to the Palestinian Authority. [More]
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| Protesters gathered outside the Bible Lands Museum to protest the exhibition Finds Gone Astray (courtesy of Tina Toto) |