The Israeli Cabinet approved a nearly $9 million budget on for the restoration and development of Sebastia, a major archeological site that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel nearly three millennia ago located in the West Bank.
The investment at the history-rich site deep in the biblical heartland comes after Palestinian vandalism there and follows decades of neglect, damage and disrepair due to lawlessness in an area marked by conflicting Israeli and Palestinian control.
