The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
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@Geri Labour Friends of Israel, and other similar organisations, I have no doubt. They may as well get rid of the entire Bible at this rate - why would any deity be encouraging the people to flee, or to fight when there’s no opponent?
This is appalling, and the Museum should be boycotted forthwith. So much of the treasures and items there belong to other civilisations and other countries and they should be returned forthwith.@HarriettMB possibly the Israeli government themselves?
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The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
Maps and information boards about ancient Egypt and the seafaring Phoenicians labelled the eastern coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine, and some peoples were described as being “of Palestinian descent”
And so the British Museum has decided to remove that word.
Who do you think made those complaints?
@Geri What the actual fuck. This is lunacy.
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The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
Maps and information boards about ancient Egypt and the seafaring Phoenicians labelled the eastern coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine, and some peoples were described as being “of Palestinian descent”
And so the British Museum has decided to remove that word.
Who do you think made those complaints?
The UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) according to this report.
British Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displays
British Museum Palestine Middle East displays
The Standard (www.standard.co.uk)
They also had the children's art removed from a London hospital.
London hospital removed Gaza children's artwork following legal threat
'Crossing Borders' was an art project designed by Palestinian students from Gaza and transferred onto plates by local schoolchildren
Middle East Eye (www.middleeasteye.net)
its on their own website they're proud of it
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@Geri Who made those complaints? People who object to fake history. The word "Palestine" was used by Roman (European) imperialists for what was left over after their genocide in Israel/Judea. There is no evidence of prior use.
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The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
Maps and information boards about ancient Egypt and the seafaring Phoenicians labelled the eastern coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine, and some peoples were described as being “of Palestinian descent”
And so the British Museum has decided to remove that word.
Who do you think made those complaints?
I will be writing to the Museum.
I hope others will too.
It isn't the most effective action, but for many it is feasible, and it will let them know that this won't slide without us knowing their complicity.
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@Geri Labour Friends of Israel, and other similar organisations, I have no doubt. They may as well get rid of the entire Bible at this rate - why would any deity be encouraging the people to flee, or to fight when there’s no opponent?
This is appalling, and the Museum should be boycotted forthwith. So much of the treasures and items there belong to other civilisations and other countries and they should be returned forthwith.@HarriettMB @Geri
The word "Palestine" appears once in the King James translation of the Bible, but is not found in other translations. So you don't have to worry. It was a European (Roman) term. -
@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri For Europeans, conspiracy stories about Jews are like putting on an old comfortable pair of shoes.
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The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
Maps and information boards about ancient Egypt and the seafaring Phoenicians labelled the eastern coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine, and some peoples were described as being “of Palestinian descent”
And so the British Museum has decided to remove that word.
Who do you think made those complaints?
@Geri Starmer is a self confessed Zionist. Whilst he probably has no authority to directly effect the change, he sure as hell has the influence. It’s a disgraceful thing to do.
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@Geri "Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny REDACTED,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine."
Afraid of a word, they are. I honestly despair.@capnthommo @Geri The imposition of imperial names for conquered territories and the suppression of indigenous names - e.g. substituting "Palestine" for "Phillistine" is a common process, but that doesn't make it accurate.
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@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri For Europeans, conspiracy stories about Jews are like putting on an old comfortable pair of shoes.
And for zionists, supporting a genocide and erasing Palestinian identity is like having a morning coffee.
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The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
Maps and information boards about ancient Egypt and the seafaring Phoenicians labelled the eastern coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine, and some peoples were described as being “of Palestinian descent”
And so the British Museum has decided to remove that word.
Who do you think made those complaints?
@Geri@mastodon.online ..UK seems to now have developed a full illness about Palestine with a rash on every face and fever inside almost every brain?
I would have thought that the name "Farage" would have caused something alike.
What is this obsession? Instead of defending an unstable description of ideas about Palestine and recognizing actual facts they seem to put much effort into useless scaffolding to support the feverish Palestine aversion?
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@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri But the historical facts are that "Palestine" was a Roman name for the province that they conquered in the Jewish Wars and was imposed on Judea after the Roman genocide. Also, European gentiles called European Jews "Palestinians" after the middle ages. Trying to rewrite history is Orwellian.
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@HarriettMB @Geri
The word "Palestine" appears once in the King James translation of the Bible, but is not found in other translations. So you don't have to worry. It was a European (Roman) term. -
@Geri Labour Friends of Israel, and other similar organisations, I have no doubt. They may as well get rid of the entire Bible at this rate - why would any deity be encouraging the people to flee, or to fight when there’s no opponent?
This is appalling, and the Museum should be boycotted forthwith. So much of the treasures and items there belong to other civilisations and other countries and they should be returned forthwith.@HarriettMB @Geri You can’t wipe out an historical area by text editing. Next it will be Wessex
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@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri But the historical facts are that "Palestine" was a Roman name for the province that they conquered in the Jewish Wars and was imposed on Judea after the Roman genocide. Also, European gentiles called European Jews "Palestinians" after the middle ages. Trying to rewrite history is Orwellian.
You seem like the person in the room who says "but Hitler was a vegetarian and loved animals".
You appear to demonstrate an immaturity, a naiveté, about the wider context that includes
1. A malevolent group, the UKLFI, pressuring British institutions to make changes in a way that they would not do. The same group that forced a London hospital to be take down childrens art.
2. The ramping up of the genocide of Palestine, its people, culture, its history, its very memory.
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You seem like the person in the room who says "but Hitler was a vegetarian and loved animals".
You appear to demonstrate an immaturity, a naiveté, about the wider context that includes
1. A malevolent group, the UKLFI, pressuring British institutions to make changes in a way that they would not do. The same group that forced a London hospital to be take down childrens art.
2. The ramping up of the genocide of Palestine, its people, culture, its history, its very memory.
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If the museum wanted to change the names, they would normally do this through a scholarly and consultantive open process.
Not because a nasty evil group like the UKLFI bullied them to do it.
That sets a dangerous precedent.
And that's what you're missing.
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The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
Maps and information boards about ancient Egypt and the seafaring Phoenicians labelled the eastern coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine, and some peoples were described as being “of Palestinian descent”
And so the British Museum has decided to remove that word.
Who do you think made those complaints?
Why not do what Ireland is doing?
Ireland to draw up policy on returning historical artefacts to their countries of origin
Ireland to draw up policy on returning historical artefacts to their countries of origin
Thousands of objects acquired while Ireland was part of the British Empire remain in Irish museums
The Irish Times (www.irishtimes.com)
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You seem like the person in the room who says "but Hitler was a vegetarian and loved animals".
You appear to demonstrate an immaturity, a naiveté, about the wider context that includes
1. A malevolent group, the UKLFI, pressuring British institutions to make changes in a way that they would not do. The same group that forced a London hospital to be take down childrens art.
2. The ramping up of the genocide of Palestine, its people, culture, its history, its very memory.
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@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri You appear to represent a common trend for Europeans to believe that making up conspiracy stories about Jews relieves Europeans of blame for Colonialism and Holocaust.
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The British Museum has removed the word #Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.
Maps and information boards about ancient Egypt and the seafaring Phoenicians labelled the eastern coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine, and some peoples were described as being “of Palestinian descent”
And so the British Museum has decided to remove that word.
Who do you think made those complaints?
@Geri The chair of the BM is George Osborne a man I trust. I also throw grand pianos as a hobby
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@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri You have no idea why they made the decision, you're just making up a story that makes feel angry.
