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Israel using archaeological digs as cover to take Palestinian land, British government says
2015-03-24
[Telegraph - Belfast] Isarel is colonising Palestinian territory under the guise of moving in to areas to protect historic archaeological sites, the British government has said.
There are few countries that know more about colonialism than Britain...
Ministers say they are concerned that the Israeli government agency in charge of preserving historic artefacts is undermining efforts for peace in the region by working with a group of "radical" settlers.

The 'Elad' settler group is known for aggressively colonising Palestinian areas, including evicting Palestinian residents from homes in urban areas.

"We are aware of the link between the Elad [settler] group and the Israel Antiquities Authority. We are concerned that this link has led to Israel Antiquities Authority's support of radical settler activities in and around the Old City under the guise of tourism and protection of Jewish history," Conservative Foreign Office minister Baroness Anelay said.
Hopefully the secret link btwn the Israel Antiquities Authority and Ancestors.com will go unnoticed.
"Such actions not only aggravate mounting pressures in East Jerusalem but serve to increase tension around the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif and further complicate future attempts to negotiate a political resolution on the city."
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  In America they create new species to justify taking people's land.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-03-24 22:05  

#3  Today in 1765, Parliment passed the Quartering Act.
Posted by: Anice Nim   2015-03-24 16:20  

#2  Colonization is often the only way antiquities get preserved - see what ISIS did to Nimrod recently, leaving for posterity only that which the British colonialists had hauled away decades ago.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-03-24 13:43  

#1  I remember reading somewhere that they stopped teaching British history in British schools.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-24 05:53  

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