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 @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.
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@HarriettMB @Geri This has nothing to do with religion but only with historical accuracy. "Palestine" was a Roman word for Judea. It had nothing to with with modern Palestinians and, in fact, European gentiles used to call Jews in Europe "Palestinians" until they murdered most of them.
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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 Oh wow, is that true?
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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.
Thank you for demonstrating to any readers the weaknesses of European liberals on this matter.
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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 el puto netanayahu,y su puñetero gobierno.
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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.
Oh but the UKLFI have admitted they did it.
It's on their own website.
You need to grow up.
British Museum Reviewing Palestine Terminology in Galleries after Audience Testing
The British Museum has confirmed that it is reviewing and updating some gallery panels and labels after “Audience testing has shown that the historic use of the term Palestine … is in some circumstances no longer meaningful.” Concerns were raised by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) about historically
UK LAWYERS FOR ISRAEL (www.uklfi.com)
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Oh but the UKLFI have admitted they did it.
It's on their own website.
You need to grow up.
British Museum Reviewing Palestine Terminology in Galleries after Audience Testing
The British Museum has confirmed that it is reviewing and updating some gallery panels and labels after “Audience testing has shown that the historic use of the term Palestine … is in some circumstances no longer meaningful.” Concerns were raised by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) about historically
UK LAWYERS FOR ISRAEL (www.uklfi.com)
@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri What they said on their website is "UKLFI requested that the Museum review its collections and revise terminology so regions are referred to by historically accurate names such as Canaan, the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, or Judea, depending on the period being described." so they asked for that "scholarly" process. Is there something wrong with that? Is it accurate to use the European term "Palestine" for ancient Cannonite cities?
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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 The use of "Palestine" to describe parts of the Levant was in pre-Roman times is a European anachronism and is not accurate.
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@Geri Jesus Christ!
@JustinMac84 @Geri eh? How he could be involved if the actual people making the complaints, Jews, were the ones who murdered Him.
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@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Geri I am for historical accuracy in museum exhibitions. If that is weakness, so be it.
