April 18, 2008

Archaeologists' Group Proposes Safekeeping of Middle East Artifacts

By MATTHEW KALMAN

Israeli, Palestinian, and American archaeologists last week unveiled a draft agreement on archaeological and cultural heritage that they hope to see included in a future Middle East peace agreement.

Presenting their proposal to an audience of archaeologists at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute here, they said it was the first time that Israelis and Palestinians had discussed the fate of thousands of artifacts discovered in the West Bank and Gaza since Israel occupied those territories,

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