So all we’re getting from the @britishmuseum.bsky.social is three sentences that evade the question and make no defence of the term “ancient Palestine” in the face of the Zionist rewriting of history?! This is what genocidal complicity looks like.

Thank you @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social for letting me write this piece on how Zionism is rewriting ancient history - and the British Museum and other organisations are helping them do it. ✊🏻🇵🇸

New by me for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social on ancient Palestine, the failure of the “decolonise the museum” movements and the resurgence of that old Eurocentric habit of rewriting history. 🏺🇵🇸

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And just a quick reminder for everyone boycotting the EAA that this doesn’t have to mean not presenting your research. Get in touch with us if you would like to host / help build an alternative space! We don’t have to wait for big subject orgs to get it, we can build alternatives. #boycottEAA

Update: I've now declined two invitations to participate at the Athens #EAA meeting #boycottEAA

The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social

Here's a clearer version:

🚨EAA per rollam vote results🚨 For anyone who doesn't want to trawl through a long document to find the results, I've compiled them here. Well done to everyone who voted for demonstrating strongly and clearly that change is needed 👏🏼👏🏼

Another reason to #boycottASOR: This Israel Antiquities Authority employee will talk about a site located on the depopulated Palestinian village of Dayr Rafat. The ethnic cleansing of that and 4 other nearby villages took place on July 17-18, 1948. www.asor.org/news/2026/01...

Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive? Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Read our call for voting and boycotting below! #boycottEAA LINK: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A group of current and past EAA members and action groups are calling for a (first) Counter Conference open online meeting for all of you to join to get information, voice your concerns and discuss next steps (date TBA).

Share our call for a boycott of Athens. If you were planning to attend the conference, withdraw your sessions and papers now. To the local organizing committee, we support you, we are calling to you to put pressure on the executive board of the EAA and withdraw until the matter is resolved.

Members from 2025 and 2026 are entitled to vote in the per rollam vote circulated by the EAA Executive. Use your vote! Motion 1: Yes Motion 2: No Motion 3: Yes Motion 4: Yes Motion 5: Yes Motion 6: Yes

We recognise that anyone who speaks up runs the risk of being targeted by a group of bad actors within the EAA. It is important that if you feel uncomfortable outing your name online or IRL, that it is ok. Remember you have a right to criticise any given state or government. More info in alt text.

This action is being called due to ongoing: lack of transparency about processes before and during the Belgrade conference; bullying and intimidation of members by email and at meetings; releasing member information without consent. For more info, see: thepipeline.info/blog/categor...

Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive? Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA Read our call for voting and boycotting below! If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...

Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺

If you've ever been a member of EAA you will have received an email with the CFP for this year's conference. It's not automated, so do respond to explain that you are boycotting. Telling the org that you are boycotting and why is useful information for them

Shame on the @historians.org 's Council for vetoing 2 Palestine-related resolutions that passed w huge majorities. The genocidal, cleptocratic nature of Zionism is exposed. All Zionists are left with are corruption, bullying and autocratic moves. This won't work. www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4711...

www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no... Sheffield University is under threat and we are doing our best to save it. Please, sign and share this petition to protest against the grotesque assault on university staff #Sheffield #againstculturalvandalism #UCUstrike @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

This is such a shame. What's been happening in EAA over the last six months or so is awful and is certainly putting off many of us from joining or attending. Archaeology will never not be political and I am so proud of all those who have taken a stand against the bullying. #Archaeology 🏺

Today Bar-Ilan faculty Aren Maeir advertised the visit of 2 West Bank sites (Sebastia, which he calls "Samaria", & Mt Ebal) that takes place in the context of an ArielU conference aiming to archaeology-wash 🇮🇱's theft of Sebastia + E Jerusalem. Why is @asor-research.bsky.social still platforming him?

Meanwhile, illegal settlement-based ArielU is hosting a conference that aims to archaeology-wash Israel's theft of Sebastia & E Jerusalem. Franklin + Maeir are there w a bunch of complicit scholars. See @archagainstaparth.bsky.social's piece 👇3/ everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/s...

That Maeir's excavation continues to be supported by international organizations and foreign universities, including SSHRC, is also appalling. Absolute shame on all the (silent and loud) enablers and respect to @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social for their archival work 2/

I am disgusted to see that despite their professional complicity and the plethora of abhorrent, g@n@ocidal posts they have been making on their public fb page (as documented 👇), Norma Franklin and Aren Maeir were still welcome at ASOR last November 1/ sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/platformin...

I fixed Bar-IlanU faculty and ASOR 2025 participant Aren Maeir's latest blog post for free. You are welcome. #savesebastia #boycottasor Context: sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/platformin...

If you're in any doubt of how much trouble the EAA is in, this should give you pause. Solidarity to Kayt and all those trying to salvage the EAA ✊🏼

Incisive and important analysis from @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social about the Israeli genocide apologists many archaeologists are happy to call colleagues sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/platformin... #archaeology #🏺 #boycottisrael #boycottisraeliarchaeology #boycottASOR

@romtoronto.bsky.social want to write Palestine out of history. Sign the letter! win.newmode.net/movementmedi...

Stop Israel’s takeover of the Palestinian village of Sebastia - Tell Congress: Urge the State Department to stop Israel’s illegal seizure of Sebastia #savesebastia afsc.org/action/stop-...

Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏

Save Sebastia and Silwan: Illegal Israeli University Hosts International Scholars at Conference Normalising the Theft of Palestinian Heritage  – EVERYDAY ORIENTALISM #SaveSebastia #SaveSilwan #BoycottIsrael #BoycottIsraeliArchaeology #BoycottASOR everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/s...

🚨‼️ Save Sebastia and Silwan: Illegal Israeli University Hosts International Scholars at Conference Normalising the Theft of Palestinian Heritage - new EO post by @archagainstaparth.bsky.social everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/s...

#EAAforDemocracy Democracy is at stake at EAA: all archaeologists should be very concerned A Special Meeting for members will take place on Jan 9th 2026 about the dysfunctioning of the current EAA leadership. See below:

Wonder what Archaeologists and Antiquity Scholars did (or not) about Palestine in 2025? Here's a 80-item timeline! everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/a...

www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n... #savesebastia

"You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of" Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...

zeteo.com/p/heritage-m... #savesebastia #archaeology #🏺

Shai recently advertised an upcoming conference about "Jerusalem and Samaria" that he co-organizes w Christian Zionists from the US. This archaeology-washing by grifters cosplaying as scholars aims to legitimize the illegal theft of E Jerusalem and Sebastia by 🇮🇱 bsky.app/profile/isis...

Illegal settler Aharon Tavger, who is seen on the cover of @archagainstaparth.bsky.social's post rocking a machine gun in front of vandalized ruins at Sebastia, was also at ASOR. Affiliation: "Civil Administration of Judea & Samaria" 🤡 everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/i...

ASOR also hosted the directors of the illegal excavations at Silwan, East Jerusalem (called “City of David” by Zionists): Yuval Gadot (Tel Aviv U) and Yiftah Shalev (🇮🇱 Antiquities Authority). ASOR's President even took a pic w Shalev at the banquet👇 everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/a...

Did you know that 115 of the speakers and poster authors at ASOR's 2025 annual meeting were affiliated with Israeli institutions? More fun stats here 👇 #boycottasor everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/.../archaeol...

For a Cultural and Academic Boycott of the UAE – Spectre Journal spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur... #boycottuae

The campaign calls on scholars and artists to refuse Emirati funding and partnerships, demands divestment and full financial transparency, and urges a sustained boycott until the UAE ends its patronage of the RSF and its role in Sudan’s mass killings.

The letter asserts that Emirati academic & cultural institutions, alongside Western universities that accept Emirati funding, are being used to whitewash genocidal violence & suppress criticism. It names major recipients of UAE money, including NYU, Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, & UC Berkeley...

Organized by TAGATU3, the Sudanese-led boycott movement, the campaign accuses the UAE of creating, funding, and prolonging the war since April 2023 by backing the Rapid Support Forces, whose campaign of massacres, ethnic cleansing, and mass displacement has devastated Darfur and other regions.