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British Museum removes Palestine label

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The British Museum removed "Palestine" from some ancient Near East displays after UK Lawyers for Israel objected; the museum cited historical accuracy and the decision sparked a petition.

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Please sign this petition against the British Museum’s shameful capitulation to Zionist pressure to remove references to Palestine. c.org/7TmqTJQCKV
We Can Make an Impact.
Erasing a Word Erases a People: Reinstate Palestine in the British Museum
c.org
February 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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The Disappearance of Palestine
The Disappearance of Palestine
International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but its territory is disappearing like sand in an hourglass
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February 16, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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• Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians today.
• The British Museum is removing them from history.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." – George Orwell, "1984"
#IsraeliTerroristState #GazaGenocide #history #education #BritishMuseum
February 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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"British Museum Removes Word 'Palestine' From Displays Following pro-Israel Lobbying" www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...
British Museum removes word 'Palestine' from displays following pro-Israel lobbying
U.K. Lawyers for Israel Told the Museum That Some Maps and Descriptions of Exhibits 'Retroactively Apply the Term "Palestine" to Periods in Which No Such Entity Existed and Risk Obscuring the History ...
www.haaretz.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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What's that the right-wingers always say about 'erasing history,' whenever one of their displays and racist and colonialist triumphalism are taken down? #Palestine
February 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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What's that the right-wingers always say about 'erasing history,' whenever one of their displays and racist and colonialist triumphalism are taken down? #Palestine
February 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM