Archaeology as Politics

Click on the YouTube links below to get a glimpse of how archaeological excavations in and around Jerusalem/Al-Quds have the ability to reveal past peoples... and to provoke present ones...

A Palestinian view (AlJazeera)

An Israeli view (Davidson Archaeological Park)

Your thoughts about such projects, and their political & religious ramifications?

Handala

Click here (handala.org) to view the political artwork of Naji Al-Ali, a (deceased) Palestinian refugee who lent his pen and brush to creating 'Handala', a character that remains iconic for many of his people...

Elephant in the Room?

Click here (WallStreetJournal) to read an opinion piece by Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Middle East policy...

What does Romney say (and not say) with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? How does this compare/contrast with what President Obama said (and did not say) at the United Nations last week? (see Sept 25th, below)?

Walking A Fine Line

Click here (haaretz) to read about how one tour company tries to strike a delicate balance between competing historiographies involving Jerusalem and the Holy Land...

Do you think that efforts like this are effective? or naive?