
Banksy
The Politics of Banksy
Jan 11, 2021
To apologise for the 100th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Banksy has thrown a British tea party outside his infamous Walled Off Hotel that overlooks the Palestine/Israeli border.
Banksy said in a recent statement, "This conflict has brought so much suffering to people on all sides. It didn't feel appropriate to 'celebrate' the British role in it,"
The event was hosted by an actor dressed as Queen Elizabeth, who revealed the words 'Er..Sorry', inscribed in a concrete plaque, to Palestinian guests.
Among the guests were 50 children, wearing helmets covered in bullet holes as party hats, flying tattered British flags. Most children were descendants
of Palestinians forced to flee their land in the 1948 war surrounding the creation of Israel.
"The British didn't handle things well here -- when you organise a wedding, it's best to make sure the bride isn't already married." Banksy states.
Thursday 2 Nov marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration - a public statement issued by the British government during World War I announcing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. It read:
{module_webapps id="15645" filter="item" itemId="4391535"}Palestinians see the document as giving away their homeland, while Israelis see it as helping pave the way to the founding of their country at a time when Jews were facing persecution elsewhere.
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