Benjamin Adam Saidel, at The Blogs

May 31, 2026, 1:48 PM

The British Museum’s Surrender Is Symptomatic of Modern Britain

The British Museum cancelled—or, in its preferred terminology, "postponed"—a lecture that formed part of its Jewish Culture Month. Paul Collins, Keeper of the British Museum's Middle East Department, was scheduled to deliver a public lecture entitled Ancient Israel and...

Jan 12, 2026, 3:07 AM

Repackaging an Old Blood Libel for a Modern Audience

In a December 2025 podcast, entitled “Why Are We Defending Mass Murder in Gaza? Because Our Greatest Ally Demands It,” Tucker Carlson advances a moral indictment of Israel founded on omission, hyperbole, and historical truncation. Carlson claims that the...

Dec 30, 2025, 4:44 AM

Omissions and Selective Outrage from the Antisemite of 2025.

In a recent episode of his podcast, Tucker Carlson presented Qatar as a morally superior alternative to Israel and suggested it should replace Israel as America’s principal ally in the Middle East. He framed this comparison as a defense...

Dec 13, 2025, 10:30 AM

Tucker Carlson’s Christmas Tale: Fake Persecution, Real Antisemitism

Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Anton Croos, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Tucker Carlson depicts the Holy Land’s Christians as powerless and endangered—and casts himself as their self-appointed protector. Yet the evidence—from Jerusalem to Qatar, Egypt, and northern Cyprus—shows that his outrage is not about defending Christians at all, but about...

Nov 19, 2025, 10:05 PM

The Woke Right’s Hypocrisy on Display: Outrage at Two Churches, Silence on 500

Tucker Carlson and Ana Kasparian accused Israel of intentionally targeting two Christian churches in Gaza and Taybeh. An errant tank shell struck and damaged the roof of the Holy Family Church in Gaza, while in Taybeh a purported “arson”...

Aug 15, 2025, 7:16 AM

The Myth That Israel Targets Churches — And Who’s Selling It

If Israel truly wanted to destroy Christian heritage, it’s doing it in the strangest way possible. Tucker Carlson and Ana Kasparian want you to believe that Israel is intentionally destroying Christian heritage sites in Gaza and the West Bank. Their...

Aug 8, 2025, 12:30 PM

St. George’s Church Couldn’t Burn, But the Story Spread Like Wildfire

When images of a supposed arson attack on a church in the West Bank village of Taybeh surfaced in early July 2025, outrage spread swiftly across global media platforms. Israeli settlers were immediately implicated — without verification — and...

Feb 15, 2025, 3:04 AM

Thuggery at the Educational Bookshop

Merchandise tossed on the floor of the Educational Bookstore

I have been a patron of the Educational Bookshop since the 1990s, visiting whenever I am in Israel. The Muna family owns three bookstores—two on Salah ed-Din Street and one at the American Colony. One of their Salah ed-Din...

Sep 13, 2023, 6:16 PM

The Michael Steinhardt Spoon and Politics of Repatriation

The repatriation of the Michael Steinhart Spoon, or Steinhardt spoon, to the Palestinian Authority was a problematic and politicized endeavor that has little to do with scientific archaeology. Michael Steinhardt, a billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist surrendered his...

About Me

Benjamin Adam Saidel is a full professor in the Department of Anthropology at a regional public university in the southeastern United States. He earned his A.M. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University and also holds a master’s degree in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. He completed his undergraduate studies at Brandeis University. Saidel has directed multiple archaeological projects in Israel and has published more than 50 works in the field.

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