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Livid protesters whitewash rainbow flag on Israeli wall
(MENAFN- Arab News) RAMALLAH: Palestinian protesters whitewashed a rainbow flag of gay rights painted by a Palestinian artist on six slabs of the West Bank separation barrier.
Khaled Jarrar said Tuesday his art was meant as a reminder that Palestinians live under Israeli occupation at a time when gay rights are in the news after the US allowed same-sex weddings.
But protesters perceived it as support for homosexuality a taboo subject in Palestinian society.
The painting ignited angry social media responses among Palestinians and activists whitewashed the flag on Monday. The flag was painted on the best known section of Israel's graffiti-covered barrier next to a portrait of Yasser Arafat.
Mohammed who only gave his first name for fear of repercussions says he helped whitewash the flag because 'we cannot promote gay rights.'
In another development the Hamas-appointed attorney general in the Gaza Strip shut down the offices of the territory's only mobile-phone provider saying the company Jawwal had not paid its taxes.
Khaled Jarrar said Tuesday his art was meant as a reminder that Palestinians live under Israeli occupation at a time when gay rights are in the news after the US allowed same-sex weddings.
But protesters perceived it as support for homosexuality a taboo subject in Palestinian society.
The painting ignited angry social media responses among Palestinians and activists whitewashed the flag on Monday. The flag was painted on the best known section of Israel's graffiti-covered barrier next to a portrait of Yasser Arafat.
Mohammed who only gave his first name for fear of repercussions says he helped whitewash the flag because 'we cannot promote gay rights.'
In another development the Hamas-appointed attorney general in the Gaza Strip shut down the offices of the territory's only mobile-phone provider saying the company Jawwal had not paid its taxes.
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