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Conflict in the Middle East
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Banksy in Gaza

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Happyvalleyfan · 23/11/2023 07:28

These murals are not new - he apparently got into Gaza in 2015, but his messages are still as relevant:

Banksy in Gaza
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feralunderclass · 24/11/2023 22:46

Love this art. The one with the girl searching the soldier is particularly poignant.
On the topic of museums, I went to a talk once by a woman who was a 'daughter of the nakbah'. She was from a wealthy family who owned a large house on land with orchards and a well in Ramallah. The house and land was confiscated by force and they had to flee. Fourty years later she went back to Palestine as she had UK citizenship by then. She went to visit her old house, which had been turned into a museum. She entered and the guide was telling the visitors a completely made up story about how the Israelis had built the museum on wasteland and planted the orange groves 😔. She started shouting at him and telling the people the truth, and she produced an old photo of her and her sister standing in front on the house, with the well and orange trees visible. They literally dragged her out, calling her a mad woman and threatening to put her in prison.

Ohlalalalala · 24/11/2023 23:32

feralunderclass · 24/11/2023 22:46

Love this art. The one with the girl searching the soldier is particularly poignant.
On the topic of museums, I went to a talk once by a woman who was a 'daughter of the nakbah'. She was from a wealthy family who owned a large house on land with orchards and a well in Ramallah. The house and land was confiscated by force and they had to flee. Fourty years later she went back to Palestine as she had UK citizenship by then. She went to visit her old house, which had been turned into a museum. She entered and the guide was telling the visitors a completely made up story about how the Israelis had built the museum on wasteland and planted the orange groves 😔. She started shouting at him and telling the people the truth, and she produced an old photo of her and her sister standing in front on the house, with the well and orange trees visible. They literally dragged her out, calling her a mad woman and threatening to put her in prison.

Unbelievable 😡

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Happyvalleyfan · 25/11/2023 11:57

Ohlalalalala · 24/11/2023 23:32

Unbelievable 😡

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Rewriting history to make it more palatable.
This has required people in Israel to know what happened to this family was wrong and make up an alternative narrative. If you repeat lies enough times, they become their version of the truth.

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restabove · 25/11/2023 12:47

@Happyvalleyfan yes sadly that seems to be the overarching strategy with vast swathes of the entire Israel / Palestine narrative.

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Happyvalleyfan · 25/11/2023 13:33

restabove · 25/11/2023 12:47

@Happyvalleyfan yes sadly that seems to be the overarching strategy with vast swathes of the entire Israel / Palestine narrative.

Yes - likes there’s no apartheid when you see how Israeli children are treated differently to Palestinian children. Wonder how many Israeli children have been in prison without trial for throwing stones.

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JSMill · 25/11/2023 13:56

Watching the coverage of the release of Palestinian prisoners yesterday, my dh said why is no one in the media questioning why there were children in prison in the first place.

feralunderclass · 26/11/2023 10:03

JSMill · 25/11/2023 13:56

Watching the coverage of the release of Palestinian prisoners yesterday, my dh said why is no one in the media questioning why there were children in prison in the first place.

The only democracy in the world that puts children in prison 😔

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