fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 days agoBritish Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displaysmander.xyzimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1440file-text
arrow-up1440imageBritish Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displaysmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/14/british-museum-removes-palestine-references-from-ancient-mi/
minus-squareFormfiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoNot when you consider the fact stated above that an powerful Israeli activist group is forcing the change while the people of Palestine are being systematically slaughtered and erased
minus-squaregandhibobandhi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoThe “powerful Israeli group” made a complaint according to the article, they didn’t “force” anything. And apparently it was a valid complaint. It doesn’t seem ethical for a museum to reject valid complaints from certain people because you don’t like the government of the country they’re from.
Not when you consider the fact stated above that an powerful Israeli activist group is forcing the change while the people of Palestine are being systematically slaughtered and erased
The “powerful Israeli group” made a complaint according to the article, they didn’t “force” anything. And apparently it was a valid complaint.
It doesn’t seem ethical for a museum to reject valid complaints from certain people because you don’t like the government of the country they’re from.