Showing posts with label museums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label museums. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Looted Antiquities, Billionaire Collectors, and the Politics of Return: "...This is ongoing. Since the genocide in Gaza began, over 20,000 rare artifacts spanning the prehistoric to the Ottoman periods, housed in Gaza City's Pasha's Palace museum, have gone missing or been looted. Israeli forces have fully or partially destroyed more than 316 archaeological sites and buildings in Gaza. Meanwhile, a 2025 study by Palestinian researchers found that, as the war in Gaza continued, archaeological theft in the West Bank skyrocketed...."

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Syro-Hittite Female Idol. Source: New York District Attorney’s Office, press release. The Institute for Palestine Studies: The IPS blog, Pal...
Monday, September 7, 2026

The world is finally watching Palestine. But who gets to narrate its story? As courts and sports stadiums turn towards Palestine, a quieter struggle runs beneath the headlines over memory, heritage and the right of Palestinians to speak for themselves

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A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag as protesters march towards the Azteca Stadium during the opening of the World Cup in Mexico City o...
Monday, August 31, 2026

Gaza’s archaeological heritage was destroyed in Israel’s genocide. These volunteers are trying to salvage it from the rubble: Israeli forces systematically and deliberately targeted many of Gaza’s archaeological sites, including ancient churches. Before the war, Gaza was home to archaeological sites and artifacts from periods spanning more than 5,000 years of continuous human civilization. Some looted artifacts have quietly resurfaced in a Paris exhibition

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contact@ifamericansknew.org   August 31, 2026   Archaeology destroyed ,   destruction in gaza ,   israeli aparthe...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me, and shot my family... It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor- who recieved uniform and then believed they were the master race." Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

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Painting by Karl Stojka's sister Ceija Stojka Arrest and Deportation ,​ 1995. Courtesy of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía...
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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Dear America- Invest in the people's needs... Be for real freedom, justice, true equality, and respect for all of humankind!

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 Dear America, Today, Thursday June 26th 2025 is Charter Day.  80 years ago, 50 nations met in San Francisco, USA, to create a new organiz...