NewsDeaccessioning
Sotheby's sale of Israeli museum artefacts delayed after government pressure
Criticism in Israel reached an apex when President Rivlin called for the state to prevent the London auctions
NewsDeaccessioning
Sale of more than 250 works from Jerusalem's Islamic art museum raises ethical questions
Israeli museum professionals fear deaccessioning auction could set a dangerous precedent
NewsControversies
Embroiled in Palestine row, artist Zineb Sedira says she will not stand down as France’s representative at 2021 Venice Biennale
Pro-Israel arts group protested to French culture ministry about her appointment
NewsRestitution
How a Nazi-looted painting entered an Israeli museum
Tel Aviv Museum of Art reveals surprising provenance of 19th-century work by Jozef Israëls, which will be restituted to Jewish owner’s heirs in October
ArchiveAntiquities & Archaeology
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition with the ultra-Orthodox splinter parties threatens the future of Israeli excavation
The state of archaeology in Israel today suggests there are bones of contention
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Cultural divisions deepen in Jerusalem amid Israeli election campaign
Christian institutions are calling attention to their marginalisation in wake of Israel’s focus on Jewish-centric policies
NewsProtest
Hundreds of Christians protest against McJesus sculpture at Haifa Museum of Art in Israel
Finnish artist Jani Leinonen has asked museum to remove the work—with no response
NewsIsrael
Israeli minister seeks budgetary power to control historical narrative
Miri Regev approves of excavations that tell Jewish stories, but not of institutions offering Palestinian perspectives
NewsPolitics
Jerusalem museum director blasts Israel’s nation-state law
Head of Museum for Islamic Art says many in art world are afraid to speak out
NewsExhibitions
Israel shuts down exhibition of Israeli flags in Jerusalem
Justice Ministry spokesman says show was shut down for "security reasons"
NewsPolitics
Unarmed female photographer hit by Israeli rubber bullet
World Press Photo Award winner was injured on her leg and suffered dizziness from tear gas
NewsMiddle East
Artists sign letter in support of Lorde's decision to cancel gig in Israel
Shepard Fairey, Peter Kennard and Emily Young among those who back singer after she was branded an anti-semitic bigot in a full-page advert in the Washington Post
ArchiveJerusalem
Negotiations over Jerusalem’s holy sites not just for politicians, say religious officials
Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders say they must be involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
ArchiveMuseum of Tolerance
Jerusalem votes ‘yes’ to controversial tolerance centre
Opponents appeal for foreign help to save Muslim graves
ArchiveIran
Chicago courts refuse Israel suicide bombing victims request for seizure of antiquities from US museums
Iran was gratified by the ruling that a foreign state's property in the US is exempt from such inquiries
ArchiveJerusalem
Controversy over Israeli Tolerance Museum site
Court rules in favour of building despite claims that Muslim graves will be desecrated
ArchiveIsrael
Israel appoints Arab Muslim culture minister
Ghaleb Majadle has been a member of Israel’s Knesset since 2004.
ArchiveUnderwater Archaeology
Conservation project focuses on Jewish heritage sites and underwater archaeology
Israel and India join forces
ArchiveJudaism
Niavaran Palace Museum mounts Chagall show in defiance of Iranian regime
Exhibition of Jewish artist’s work challenges official stance on Israel
ArchiveJerusalem
Muslim graves discovered on the site of Jewish Museum of Tolerance
Construction has been halted on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s contentious new project
ArchivePolitics
Republican Congressman proposes bill to cut off aid to Palestinians “for eliminating evidence of Jewish activity on Temple Mount.”
Mount of contention
ArchiveExhibitions
An exhibition at the Israel museum is the last chance to see objects excavated from the Sinai before their return to Egypt
Archaeology bows to the peace process