How the Watermelon Became a Symbol of Palestinian Solidarity

[womanofthehills]

Time.com

“The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol is not new. It first emerged after the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexed East Jerusalem. At the time, the Israeli government made public displays of the Palestinian flag a criminal offense in Gaza and the West Bank.
To circumvent the ban, Palestinians began using the watermelon because, when cut open, the fruit bears the national colors of the Palestinian flag—red, black, white, and green. “

https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solidarity/

[irisblue]

1. Today I learned

[flying_wahini]

2. That's so interesting!

Whose idea was it to make it illegal to hoist your country’s flag in your own country?
What a horrible idea.

[comradebillyboy]

3. The West Bank and east Jerusalem were annexed by Jordan

in 1948 and Gaza had been annexed by Egypt at the same time. There was no actual Palestinian state prior to the '67 war. And prior to the '48 creation of Israel and Palestine the area was British territory captured from the Turks in WW1.

[flying_wahini]

4. When you put it like that I think what is also interesting is that

Was only just over 100 years ago.

[comradebillyboy]

5. Indeed it was all a part of the Ottoman Empire

for the previous 400-500 years. The Turks didn't seem to care how many Jews migrated to the region and bought land before WW1.