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The British Museum removed the word "Palestine" from some ancient Near East gallery displays after UK Lawyers for Israel complained the label was anachronistic, the museum said.

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In case you're wondering, the Greens 4 Palestine motion includes such treats as the Soviet "Zionism is racism" and the full batshit internet crank "ARabS aRE sEMitEs acTUalLY".

They're so cooked, and so is Polanski eventually.

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February 16, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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The British Museum removes the word 'Palestine' from part of its signage after complaints by pro-Israel lawyers

The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from some of its panels and maps in the galleries dedicated to the ancient Near East, a change the institution says is warranted by 'historical accuracy' and because the term is no longer considered neutral, after UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), a voluntary group of lawyers, voiced objections to the use of that designation in contexts spanning millennia and, in their view, applying a single name retrospectively to periods when no such entity existed. The report published on Monday notes that in maps and informational panels in the Ancient Near East galleries the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean was described as Palestine, and that some texts described certain people as of Palestinian descent, a formulation that has been changed in at least one case in the Egypt galleries. The local press places the controversy in the realm of museum labeling, which often condenses debates into a few lines.

The British Museum removes the word 'Palestine' from part of its signage after complaints by pro-Israel lawyers
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A pro-Israel group gets the British Museum to remove the term Palestine from its Middle East gallery

The organization UK Lawyers for Israel protested the "false impression of historical continuity" in using the region's name.

A pro-Israel group gets the British Museum to remove the term Palestine from its Middle East gallery
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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 ...
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February 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM

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British Museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from some displays

Museum revises labelling on maps and panels, saying term used inaccurately and no longer historically neutral The British Museum has removed the word “Palestine” from some of its displays, saying the term was used inaccurately and is no longer historically neutral. Maps and information panels in the museum’s ancient Middle East galleries had referred to the eastern Mediterranean coast as Palestine, with some people described as being “of Palestinian descent”. Continue reading. . .

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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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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
British Museum removes 'Palestine' from its ancient Middle East displays.
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
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February 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM

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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
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February 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Erasing a Word Erases a People: Reinstate Palestine in the British Museum
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February 16, 2026 at 11:04 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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