An-Najah News - Israeli occupation authorities' decision to confiscate Deir Samaan and Dei Qal'a, two important archeological sites in the Salfit area, is an act of looting and cultural appropriation said the PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi.

“The systematic Israeli theft of archeological sites across Palestine is illegal and immoral, and it includes other historical sites, including Sebastia and the Battir Terraces, which are inscribed as a World Heritage site, have also been targeted recently.

These sites stand as testaments to the Palestinian people's deep roots and history in our land. 

In addition to assaulting the Palestinian people's present and hijacking their future.

This regime wants to confiscate our collective past and historical narrative, said the statement.

she concluded.“States and international organizations, especially UNESCO, must intervene to put an end to such plunder".