‘National Catastrophic’: PA paves over Judean Desert ecosystem Regavim, an Israeli NGO focused on land issues, recently exposed damage in the Judean Desert by Palestinian Authority construction. JNS Staff Jan. 29, 2025
Israel takes down illegal Palestinian structures in Gush Etzion reserve For the first time since Oslo, the Civil Administration enforced the law against illegal construction inside a nature reserve in Judea and Samaria. Dec. 13, 2024
3,800-year-old biblical-scarlet textile found in Judean Desert The color “scarlet worm" is mentioned 25 times in the Bible. July 18, 2024
Rare Psalm inscription uncovered in Judean Desert The Christian epigraph paraphrases part of Psalm 86. Yori Yalon Sept. 28, 2023
Coalition lawmakers tour illegal Palestinian city in Judean Desert "Their ploy here, in this contractual [nature] reserve, is to cut off Gush Etzion from the Dead Sea." Sept. 24, 2023
Rare Roman weapons cache uncovered in Judean Desert Researchers believe the weapons were hidden near Ein Gedi by Judean rebels during the revolt against Rome. Etgar Lefkovits Sept. 6, 2023
Gush Etzion Council warns of illegal PA city in Judea nature reserve Jerusalem's failure to stop the project represents a "loss of governance on the most serious level," says Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman. Aug. 21, 2023
Rare Great Revolt-era half-shekel found in Judean desert The words "Holy Jerusalem" are inscribed in ancient Hebrew script on one side of the 2,000-year-old silver coin. Yori Yalon July 26, 2023
2,200-year-old coins first evidence in Judean desert of Maccabean revolt The latest coin in the hoard dates to 170 BCE, the year it was hidden and the year the Maccabean rebellion began. Dec. 13, 2022