Palestine Museum US was founded by Palestinian American businessman
Faisal Saleh who, after over 40 years of entrepreneurial work, is
turning his attention to managing the most ambitious Palestinian media
project in the United States. Located in Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA
'good part of the work
is that you can’t tell it’s Palestinian by looking at it – and that’s
intentional,' says Palestinian-American entrepreneur Faisal Saleh
March is truly set to be a month of Sundays. Last Sunday marked the beginning of Women’s History Month and today is International Women’s Day. In honour of
both, the Palestine Museum US in Woodbridge, Connecticut, will be
encouraging visitors to immerse themselves in the artworks of 50 female
Palestinian artists from around the world every Sunday until the end of May.
The exhibition Telling the Palestinian Story, which opens today, features more than 200 works of art, spanning painting, sculpture, photography, textiles and mixed media. The participating artists, many of whom will be exhibiting their work in the US for the first time, are from 14 countries on five continents, including the US and Canada, Palestine, Kenya, Chile, Germany and the UK.... PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ THE ARTICLE IN FULL
It honors the neighborhood of Black Bottom, whose inhabitants were steadily displaced.
The mural was sponsored by @albustanseeds
"I believe that all men, black & brown & white, are brothers,
varying through time & opportunity, in form & gift &
feature, but differing in no essential partcular, & alike in soul
& the possibility of infinite development."
"Beyond just Palestinians, many in the international community are deeply
alarmed by the Trump/Kushner plan. As a precedent, it threatens to do
away with the international legal system as we know it, including the
idea that countries should not be allowed to acquire territory by force,
replacing it with a system in which "might is right." The dangers
beyond Palestine/Israel are obvious, including legitimizing Russia's
illegal annexation of Crimea." Diana Buttu
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The American Human Rights
Council (AHRC-USA) expresses its serious concerns regarding the
so-called “Deal of the Century,” a false hope to resolve the
Arab-Israeli conflict.This effort to impose a surrender on the
Palestinians is a betrayal of international law, justice and American
values.
In recent years, mosques
and churches have been targeted by vandals in similar attacks. They are
always attributed to extremist Jews in West Bank settlements.
The
Galilee church where Jesus was believed to have performed miracle of
feeding 5,000 followers was set alight in arson attack carried out by
extremist Jewish settlers.
Hebrew graffiti was also scrawled across the walls of Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish.
An
adviser to the Catholic Church blamed Jewish extremists for the
“deplorable” attack after Israeli police said there is a “strong
possibility” the fire was started deliberately.
The
current structure was built on the remains of a fifth-century Byzantine
church at Tabgha on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where many
Christians believe Jesus fed 5,000 followers with just five loaves and
two fish.
Police
confirmed there was extensive damage to both inside and outside the
building after the fire broke out in the middle of the night.
A monk and a church volunteer were hospitalised from smoke inhalation, but the incredibly, the prayer area was unaffected.
“It's
deplorable, absolutely deplorable,” Father Gregory Collins, head of the
Order of Saint Benedict in Israel, said. “I consider such an attack to
be not just an attack on a religious site, on a sanctuary, but also on
one of the most visited places in Israel.”
“It is also an attack on freedom of speech, democracy and the right to live here,” he added.
This
incident, which happened in June 2015, was not the first such attack to
be carried by the extremist Jewish settlers against Palestinian Muslim
and Christian holy sites.
In
recent years, mosques and churches have been targeted by vandals in
similar attacks. They are always attributed to extremist Jews in West
Bank settlements.
Such
attacks have been on the rise because the perpetrators, who are being
backed directly by the Israeli government, go unpunished.
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A new Christmas-themed artwork dubbed the "Scar of Bethlehem" by
secretive British artist Banksy is displayed at his Walled-Off Hotel in
Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank AfpPublished:
A manger scene juxtaposed against concrete blocks seemingly pierced
by a mortar shell: with Christmas looming, the latest Bethlehem offering
by secretive artist Banksy appeared Saturday in the Israeli-occupied
West Bank.
Dubbed the "Scar of Bethlehem", the baby Jesus, Mary
and Joseph are backlit through damaged concrete, chiseled pockmarks
exploding out from a gaping hole in four directions to approximate the
Christmas Star.
The work is installed at Banksy's Walled-Off
Hotel, where all rooms overlook a concrete section of the barrier built
by Israel to cut off the occupied West Bank from Israeli territory.
"Love"
and "peace" are respectively graffiti tagged in English and French on
the artistic installation's concrete blocks, while three large wrapped
presents are at the forefront of the scene.
"It is a nativity,"
the hotel's manager Wissam Salsaa told AFP after the piece was
installed. "Banksy has his own contribution to Christmas."
"It is
a great way to bring up the story of Bethlehem, the Christmas story, in
a different way -- to make people think more" of how Palestinians live
in Bethlehem.
Banky’s latest piece — his take on a nativity scene — has been unveiled at his hotel in Bethlehem.
The
“Scar of Bethlehem” artwork features a nativity scene with Mary and
Joseph and the baby Jesus – but instead of a star hanging over the crib,
there is what appears to be a large bullet hole piercing an imposing
grey wall.
The piece has appeared in the Walled Off Hotel, Banksy’s property which overlooks the border wall in the divided city.
The Walled Off Hotel (Dusan Vranic/AP)
Opened two years ago, the hotel is billed as having “the worst view
of any hotel in the world” and is filled with original Banksy artwork.
The
highlight is room number three, known as “Banksy’s Room”, where guests
sleep in a king-size bed underneath Banksy’s artwork showing a
Palestinian and an Israeli having a pillow fight.
The artist is
known for making political statements with his graffiti, and has made
previous forays into the Palestinian territories.
In one secret
visit, he drew a girl being pulled upwards by balloons on the dividing
wall, and he is believed to have sneaked into Gaza to draw four street
murals, including one on a metal door that depicted the Greek goddess
Niobe cowering against the rubble of a destroyed house.
