They told us that painting the Palestinian flag was forbidden, but also the colours were forbidden. So Issam said, ‘What if I were to make a flower of red, green, black and white?’, to which the officer replied angrily, ‘It will be confiscated. Even if you paint a watermelon, it will be confiscated.’

Sliman Mansour recalling the shutdown of his, Nabil Anani’s, and Issam Badr’s art exhibition in Ramallah in 1980

Well shit. Guess we’re boycotting the VPL now