A painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College was slashed by protest group Palestine Action.

The painting of Lord Balfour was made in 1914 by Philip Alexius de László inside Trinity College. The Palestine Action group specifically targeted the Lord Balfour painting, describing his declaration as the beginning of “ethnic cleansing of Palestine by promising the land away—which the British never had the right to do.”

  • bali@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    i think the person who did this not hating the jews since the beginning of time and maybe the person did not hate anyone at all. how about focus on the actual eventlike the ongoing genocide by the israelimilitary instead of playing the victim card

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      8 months ago

      how about focus on the actual eventlike the ongoing genocide by the israelimilitary instead of

      some dead guy from a century earlier in time?

      Why aren’t we discussing the Israeli military as the responsible party?

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        8 months ago

        Because this dead guy is historically significant to the conflict, as his actions led to the present situation. Understanding history helps us shape the future.

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      8 months ago

      Perhaps she hates herself for the penalty of her actions to be imposed, but let’s not be Pollyanna about this, we both know why this “demonstation” happened.