The Israeli government intends to allocate a budget of 32 million shekels for the Judaization of the Sebastia archeological site north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Haaretz website said that a plan for the development and restoration of the historic site of Sebastia within 60 days had already been prepared by minister of environmental protection Idit Silman and minister of heritage Amichai Eliyahu and would be discussed today Sunday during the weekly cabinet meeting.
Sebastia has been held under Israeli security and administrative control since the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Sebastia is a mixture of structural remains and modern buildings and it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the West Bank.
It was once a major city home to successive civilizations from its Arab Canaanite founders to the Romans and then its modern-day Palestinian inhabitants.
Both the major archaeological site above the village and the historic center of the town itself are still fascinating tourist attractions.
However this unique ancient town is exposed to systematic attempts by the Israeli occupation state and its ministry of tourism to obliterate and Judaize its Arab history and identity.
The occupation state also prevents the Palestinian local authorities from carrying out any restoration or cleaning works at the historical site in the town.
