Russia helps ‘Palestine’ rewrite Jewish heritage in Judea and Samaria: what’s behind the archaeological memorandum of July 9, 2026

Russian state structures are beginning the digital documentation of monuments related to biblical history, the Second Temple era, and Jewish Jerusalem. However, in Moscow and Ramallah, they are exclusively presented as 'Palestinian cultural heritage' and included in a project personally approved by Putin, dedicated to 'Africa and the Islamic World.'

At first glance, it seems to be about scientific cooperation, creating three-dimensional models, and saving antiquities. But the agreement emerged amid a sharp conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the right to manage archaeological sites in Judea and Samaria and to determine whose history they tell.

Therefore, the memorandum should be considered not only as an archaeological project but also as part of the struggle for archaeological sovereignty.

Russia has chosen a non-neutral position in this struggle. It provides the Palestinian Authority with state scientific institutes, technology, the authority of the Hermitage, and the infrastructure of Rossotrudnichestvo, helping to establish monuments of biblical and Jewish history in the international arena specifically as 'Palestinian' heritage.
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