ARCHAEOLOGICAL LAND MINES

For the last 18 years, one of Israel’s top archaeologists has been digging at Mt. Gerizim, home of the world’s small remaining Samaritan community, on the West Bank. Amongst his many discoveries, the archaeologist has unearthed the fact that “if digging in Israel is like working in a thorn field of political and religious sensitivities, archaeology in the territories is thornier yet.” – The Jerusalem Report