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Partial statue of Ramesses the Great found in ancient Egyptian capital city along Nile

Ramesses II (“Ramesses the Great”) is believed by many to have been the pharoah in the biblical story of the Exodus.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Partial statue of Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great") discovered at Tel Faraon, Egypt, April 23, 2026.
This X/Twitter screenshot shows an alleged incident where an IDF soldier is seen smashing a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon on April 19, 2026.

IDF confirms image of soldier smashing Jesus statue in southern Lebanon is authentic

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar decried the incident, labeling it “grave and disgraceful” and extending an apology to Christians who felt hurt by the incident. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YOAV ETIEL, JAMES GENN
Herzl statue at Mikveh Israel before it was vandalized.

Statue of Theodor Herzl vandalized in central Israel days before Independence Day

According to findings at the scene, the vandals sawed off the bronze legs of Herzl's statue, which stands about seven meters tall, in an attempt to topple it.

|ByHODAYA RAN
Dutch Education, Culture and Science Gouke Moes and the Egyptian Ambassador to the Netherlands during the formal handover ceremony of the stolen scultpure at the Egyptian embassy in the Hague, February 8, 2026.

Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old sculpture stolen from Egypt during Arab Spring

Egypt requested that the artifact be returned under the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which both it and the Netherlands are beholden to. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Mirror, mirror: Regev thanks artist for loyalty bill protest statue

The event apparently came in protest against "loyalty bill" that passed this week in the Knesset's first reading, initiated by Regev.

NOVEMBER 8, 2018ByCASSANDRA GOMES-HOCHBERG
Statue of Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev on HaBima square in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2018

A golden statue of the Supreme Court President was erected - and removed

Right-wing NGO says it placed it there "in protest against the court's dictatorship."

AUGUST 31, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
A statue of Supreme Court President Miriam Naor stands outside the Supreme Court, August 31, 2017