Palestine Action protester sprays and slashes painting of architect of modern Israel

Last Updated: March 9, 2024By

Protest group Palestine Action has defaced a painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, Cambridge, spraying it with red paint and slashing it.

The Tory politician gave his name to the Balfour Declaration – a statement by the then-British government on the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, paving the way for the founding of Israel in 1948.

With Israel now engaged in the systematic genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, it is easy to understand why some organisations would want to protest the UK’s part in that country’s creation.

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Here’s video of the attack on the painting:

The act – which is a crime, of course; criminal damage – has been hugely controversial. Some have approved wholeheartedly, but others have been appalled at the destruction of a work of art – a view that has sparked harsh responses:

This Writer understands that the painting can be restored, so the attack on it was a symbolic gesture.

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