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submitted 8 months ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College was slashed by protest group Palestine Action.

The painting of Lord Balfour was made in 1914 by Philip Alexius de László inside Trinity College. The Palestine Action group specifically targeted the Lord Balfour painting, describing his declaration as the beginning of “ethnic cleansing of Palestine by promising the land away—which the British never had the right to do.”

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[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago

If they punched a baby, instead, which is actually better than what's going Gaza, would it be wrong for people to be upset about them taking it out on something that has nothing to do with the criminals they are protesting?

It's a dumb thing they did and they are a piece of shit. But what Israel is doing is Gaza is infinitely worse. It completely reasonable and easy to hold these two positions at the same time.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 26 points 8 months ago

Uh... Balfour definitely has something to do with Israel.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Are you arguing that this painting is to blame for this?

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago

The person it glorifies sure seems to be

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 19 points 8 months ago

I'm trying to imagine what it's like not able comprehend what's going on.

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