August 2025
On 10 August, 2025, the Israeli Civil Administration issued a booklet of military orders signed by the head of the so-called ‘Israeli Civil Administration’ in the occupied West Bank, Brigadier General Moti Almoz, under the title: ‘Order Regarding the Antiquities Law (Judea and Samaria) (No. 6611–6891) of 1986 – Notice Regarding the Antiquities Law (Judea and Samaria) of 2013, No. 3162’. The order stipulates the following: ‘By virtue of my authority as commissioner under the Order Regarding the Antiquities Law (Judea and Samaria) (No. 6611–6891 of 1986) (hereinafter referred to as “the Order”), and pursuant to Article 8(a) of the Antiquities Law No. 16 of 1981 (hereinafter referred to as “the Law”), I hereby declare: “The following sites indicated on the maps are historical sites containing antiquities.”’