An Israeli Knesset member said there were plans to replace the current head of the Israel Antiquities Authority due to pressure from the fervently Orthodox. Meretz Party member Dedi Zucker said Amir Drori was to be replaced by the Likud mayor of Tiberias. Archaeologists and fervently Orthodox groups have frequently clashed over excavations on what might be Jewish burial sites.
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