The mysterious 'other Petra' of Saudi Arabia - BBC REEL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-B0cO-mM5s

Descubrimientos arqueológicos en Megido respaldan relato bíblico sobre la muerte del rey Josías

Tel Megido, que significa el Tell del Gobernador, es una antigua ciudad cuyos restos forman un tell (montículo arqueológico), situada en el norte de Israel. Algunos cristianos creen que Armagedón será el escenario de la batalla final entre Jesucristo y los reyes de la Tierra que luchan contra Israel, como se describe en el Apocalipsis. Foto: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Megido es un Tell (montículo) de Israel, situado cerca del kibutz de Megido a 80 km al norte de Jerusalén y 31 km al sudeste de la ciudad de Haifa, en el extremo occidental del valle de Jezreel.

En 2005, las ruinas de Megido fueron consideradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco, y en sus inmediaciones se entablaron tres célebres batallas, una durante el siglo XV a. C., de las más antiguas documentada, y otras dos, en los años 609 a. C. y 1918.

Jordanian textbooks ‘justify 7 October massacre and promote antisemitism’

IMPACT-se finds ‘worsening extremism’ in curriculum despite claims of moderation.

By Annabel Sinclair

A new report has found Jordan’s official school textbooks justify the Hamas massacre of 7 October, promote antisemitic tropes and glorify violent jihad, despite government claims of promoting religious tolerance.

The review by IMPACT-se examined nearly 300 textbooks used in Jordanian schools during the 2023-25 academic years. It found that a Grade 10 Civic Education textbook described the 7 October attacks as a response to Israeli “colonies”, referring to civilian communities within Israel, and failed to mention the mass killing and kidnapping of civilians.

Falsificando la historia: La reinvención del pasado de Jerusalén por parte de la ONU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltLJViiag60

El Museo de Auschwitz lanza una herramienta para combatir el negacionismo del Holocausto en internet

Campo de exterminio de Auschwitz-Birkenau Foto: Ron Porter vía Pixabay

El Museo y Memorial de Auschwitz-Birkenau ha puesto en marcha una iniciativa llamada “stop al negacionismo”, una herramienta digital diseñada para combatir la creciente marea de desinformación y odio sobre el Holocausto que prolifera en las redes sociales.

La plataforma, de acceso libre y disponible en inglés y polaco, ofrece fotografías históricas, documentos, testimonios personales, informes de investigadores, planos y explicaciones detalladas que desenmascaran de forma objetiva las mentiras más comunes de los negacionistas, al tiempo que responde a algunas dudas sobre el Holocausto y los crímenes en el campo de exterminio nazi de Auschwitz que, a veces de manera intencionada, encuentran pábulo en internet y sobre todo las redes sociales.

We must reassert Jewish ties to 'Palestinian' land - editorial

The most outrageous part of UNESCO’s designation is its collusion with Palestinian efforts to not only erase the city’s Jewish heritage but claim it as their own.

By JPOST EDITORIAL

An image of the ancient Jericho archaeological site.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Just under two months ago, we cautioned that it was going to happen. On Sunday, it did.

As Jews around the world celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and declared ancient Jericho to be a World Heritage Site.

Iraq’s Garden of Eden, parched by drought, is now ‘like a desert’

Vast expanses of the once lush Huwaizah Marshes, straddling the border with Iran, have been baked dry, devastating people and wildlife.

By TONY GAMAL-GABRIEL

A demonstrator approaches a boat stuck in the dried-up bank of a canal, during a rally at the Umm El Wadaa marsh, south-east of the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in the southern Dhi Qar province, on August 16, 2022, to demand solutions for water scarcity and drought. (Asaad NIAZI / AFP)

HUWAIZAH MARSHES, Iraq (AFP) — To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometers (six miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swaths of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes.

The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq’s swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced water flows along rivers and tributaries originating in neighboring Turkey and Iran.

Five of the Middle East's oldest cities that are still inhabited

The first urban settlements began to appear just under 10,000 years ago in what is now Turkey, Iraq and Syria.

By Adel Hajjar

Archaeologists found evidence of human inhabitation in Damascus dated as far back as 8,000 years ago (AFP/Louai Beshara)

With the advent of agriculture around 11,000 years ago, human populations in the Middle East began settling in one place, and started to abandon their previous hunter-gatherer way of living.

Growing crops and domesticating animals often resulted in food surpluses, which meant people had less of a need to move around in search of new sources of food.

Small agricultural settlements eventually turned into villages, towns and cities and the building blocks of civilisation were laid.

Conmovedor: rollos de la Torá ocultos y escindidos en el Holocausto fueron reunificados y restaurados

Los rollos fueron hallados en Eslovaquia y su restauración muestra la fortaleza del pueblo judío.

Torá – Foto: Wikipedia – CC BY 2.0

Bardejo es una ciudad ubicada en el noreste de Eslovaquia. Es conocida mundialmente habida cuenta que el centro de la ciudad está íntegramente conservado desde la Edad Media y en el año 2000 la ciudad fue declarada por Unesco Patrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad.

Is Babylon once again rising from the ashes?

First-person: There is growing evidence the Iraqi government is serious about rebuilding this ancient wonder of the world.

By JOEL C. ROSENBERG / ALL ARAB NEWS

Iraqis celebrate after UNESCO designated ancient city of Babylon as World Heritage Site in July of 2019     (photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)

A fascinating story is being written in the shifting sands of Arabia.

A story that will confound atheists and agnostics.

And should thrill Jews and Christians.

A guide to Jordan: What to see and do while you’re there

An aerial shot of Amman, capital city of Jordan - Copyright Getty

By Maeve Campbell & Sarah Palmer • Updated: 07/10/2021

Running along the coast of the Dead Sea is the ancient civilisation of Jordan. As well as being home to some of the most well-preserved archaeological sites of the Roman Empire, it's now a thriving economy with the capital Amman at its centre.

Jordan is considered one of the most liberal countries in the Arab world and is an exceptionally safe place to visit, compared with many of its neighbours in the Middle East.

"With a small population of only 10 million, Jordan is a destination for nature lovers and history nerds."

Falsificando la historia: La reinvención del pasado de Jerusalén por parte de la ONU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltLJViiag60

La Hagadá de Sarajevo vuelve a España tras cinco siglos de expulsión y exilio

El autor de la obra maestra sefaradí dibujó en tiempos de la Inquisición que la Tierra era redonda.

Haggadah de Sarajevo Foto: Idan Perez Museo Nacional Sarajevo Wikimedia Dominio Público

La «Hagadá de Sarajevo», una de las obras maestras de la liturgia sefardí medieval, puede verse por primera vez en España -en forma de una reproducción

Lebanon’s new PM vows to take back land it sees as occupied by Israel

Najib Mikati says ‘Lebanese citizens have the right to oppose Israel’s occupation, and to respond to its attacks’; he also demands UNIFIL end Israel’s ‘invasions’.

By TOI STAFF and AP

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks during a parliament session to confirm Lebanon's new government at a Beirut theater known as the UNESCO palace, so that parliament members could observe social distancing measures imposed over the coronavirus pandemic, on September 20, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Najib Mikati vowed on Monday to reclaim territories it sees as occupied by Israel, while warning that the country has the right to respond to any aggression.

France joins US and others in boycott of UN ‘Durban’ conference over concerns of antisemitism

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on combating radical Islam, in Mulhouse, France, Feb. 18, 2020. (Jean-Francois Badias / POOL / AFP)

(JTA) — France has joined a growing list of countries that will boycott a United Nations anti-racism conference next month over concerns that the gathering will promote antisemitism.

The United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are among the others that have announced a boycott of the Sept. 22 event, according to The Times of Israel.

The conference is being held to mark the 20th anniversary of a 2001 conference on racism in Durban, South Africa. The United States and Israel walked out of that

Aprendiendo lecciones de la conferencia antisemita de Durban

En 2001, Durban fue sede de la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia patrocinada por la ONU, pero a pesar de su nombre, se convirtió en una reunión para el antisemitismo.

“Si el 11 de septiembre fue la Kristallnacht del terror”, escribió el distinguido profesor canadiense Irwin Cotler, “entonces Durban fue el Mein Kampf”.

A finales de agosto y principios de septiembre de 2001, miles de personas se reunieron en Durban, Sudáfrica, para la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia

Unesco designa Patrimonio de la Humanidad región donde surgió el judaísmo asquenazí

El Comité del Patrimonio Mundial inscribió este 27 de julio 13 sitios culturales en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial de la Unesco, incluyendo el llamado Schum, acrónimo en idish de las ciudades alemanas de Speyer, Worms y Maguncia, donde nació la cultura judía asquenazí a partir del siglo X.

Situado en el valle del Alto Rin, el conjunto comprende el patio judío de la ciudad de Speyer con las estructuras de la sinagoga, los vestigios arqueológicos de la yeshivá (escuela religiosa), y la mikve (baño ritual) aún intacta, que ha conservado su alta calidad arquitectónica y constructiva.

Israel to join African Union as observer after being kept out for 2 decades

Jerusalem makes major stride in its burgeoning ties with the continent; ‘this is a day of celebration for Israel-Africa relations,’ says Foreign Minister Lapid.

By LAZAR BERMAN

Delegates attend the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 9, 2020. (AP Photo)

Israel will be joining the African Union as an observer state, the Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.

Israel’s ambassador to Addis Ababa, Aleleign Admasu, submitted Israel’s charter as an observer member to the 55-member continental organization.

Un acuerdo entre la UNESCO, el Congreso Judío Mundial y Facebook amplía a 12 idiomas la educación sobre el Holocausto

Recientemente, la etiqueta #HitlerWasRight fue tendencia en las redes sociales. Un claro indicio de que a nivel mundial sigue existiendo una fuerte convicción de que el genocidio de más de seis millones de judíos por parte del régimen nazi alemán durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue lo correcto. Las narrativas antisemitas similares, tanto manifiestas como más insidiosas, se están extendiendo rápidamente en Internet. Un estudio reciente del Instituto Diálogo Estratégico encontró “#Holohoax”, que niega la verdad histórica del Holocausto, en 36 grupos de Facebook que sumaban más de 360.000 seguidores, así como referencias en Reddit, Twitter y YouTube, todas creadas entre junio de 2018 y julio

EU Parliament passes resolution censuring UNRWA for teaching hate in schools

IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff said it is an “important step in the fight to prevent [the U.N. agency] from inciting thousands of children every day to violence, extremism and anti-Semitism.”

The European Parliament. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

(April 29, 2021 / JNS) The European Union Parliament passed a resolution on Wednesday that targeted the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for teaching “hate speech and violence” in its schools.

The resolution demanded that hateful material be “removed immediately” from UNRWA-run schools and insisted that E.U. funding “must be made conditional” on the educational content complying with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence and non-violence. The resolution is part of the E.U.’s annual budgetary procedure, which scrutinizes how European taxpayer funds have been spent