Palestinian Action to continue ‘direct action’
A portrait of Sir Arthur James Balfour at Trinity College Cambridge was destroyed by pro-Palestinian activists on Friday.
in the video Posted On Palestine Action's social media, a young woman wearing a blue puffy jacket is seen spraying red spray paint on the painting and then cutting the canvas with a sharp tool.
“Balfour’s Manifesto, written in 1917, began the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by promising land grabs. “The UK never had the right to do that,” the group posted alongside the video.
Lord Balfour is named after the Balfour Declaration, a public statement issued by the British government in November 1917 during World War I that promised that Palestine would be open to Jewish settlement.
At that time, Jews were already migrating from Europe to Palestine, which was ruled by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire ended in World War I, leaving Britain and France to pick up the pieces.
The Balfour Declaration is said to have “established a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine and paved the way for the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.” daily mail.
BREAKING NEWS: Palestinian Action sprays and slashes historic painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
Balfour's Declaration, written in 1917, began the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by promising to give up land that Britain had never had the right to do. pic.twitter.com/CGmh8GadQG
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) March 8, 2024
The oil on canvas painting was completed in 1914 by artist Philip Alexius de Laszlo. post famous. Balfour has previously served as Prime Minister.
Palestine Action has vowed to continue 'direct action' until British arms supplier Elbit Systems to Israel is shut down. post It has been reported.
The group said the British burned indigenous villages to prepare the way for Jewish settlers, leading to arbitrary killings, arrests, torture, sexual violence, including rape of women and men, the use of human shields, and Palestinian resistance. “House demolition is carried out as a collective punishment to suppress.”
The painting was destroyed as some people claimed that London was dangerous for Jews.
“Yesterday, Britain’s anti-extremism czar Robert Simcox warned the capital was becoming a ‘no-go zone for Jews’ and criticized the government for allowing extremists ‘to go unchallenged for too long’.” daily mail It has been reported.
A Trinity spokesperson said: new york times The university has notified police and “regrets any damage caused to the portrait of Arthur James Balfour during public viewing hours.” It is reported that no arrests have been made.
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