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    Furor Over Gaza Protest Posters in Jerusalem

    Jul 01, 2018 5 minutes

    A display of posters memorializing slain Gazans at a Jerusalem art school has stirred controversy over freedom of expression.

    On May 16, a series of black-and-white posters designed by roughly 25 anonymous Palestinian-Israeli students were put up around the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. Bearing the Arabic names of the 62 Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli army forces at the Gaza security barrier on May 14–15, the display was organized to raise awareness of the death toll from the 30,000-strong protest against the ongoing Gaza blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt, and the relocation of the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Separate posters, featuring a map of Gaza, read “Not Your Toy,” a reference to the Israeli winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.

    Factions within the school were quick to respond. Just hours after the original posters were mounted, other: “We are witnessing a shocking phenomenon in which hateful posters expressing pride for terrorists are being displayed in Israeli academia.”

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