Possible Banksy murals of Donald Trump appear on Israel's West Bank separation barrier
Two murals showing an oversized US president Donald Trump appeared on Israel’s West Bank separation barrier, just yards from where Banksy decorated a hotel earlier this year
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Two murals showing an oversized US president Donald Trump appeared Friday on Israel’s West Bank separation barrier, just yards from where Banksy decorated a hotel earlier this year. The new drawings which resemble Banksy’s earlier art popped up on the edge of Bethlehem, the Palestinian city where the barrier largely consists of a wall of towering slabs of concrete. AFP
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In one scene, Trump is shown hugging and kissing a real Israeli army watchtower built into the wall, as his left arm reaches around the tower. Little pink hearts flutter from Trump’s mouth. AP
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In another drawing, Trump is depicted wearing a Jewish skullcap and placing a hand a wall — a scene taken from the US president’s May visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray. A cartoon “thought bubble” next to him says, “I’m going to build you a brother,” a possible reference to Trump’s plans to build a wall between the US and Mexico. AP
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It’s not clear if the new murals are indeed the work of the elusive artist Banksy. The new graffiti is just a few meters (yards) from “The Walled off Hotel,” a Palestinian-run guest house that opened earlier this year and sarcastically bills itself as having the “worst view in the world.” Reuters
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Israel began building the barrier a decade ago, at the height of an armed Palestinian uprising, saying the divider is needed to keep suicide bombers and gunmen from entering Israel. Palestinians say the barrier, which slices off about 10 percent of the West Bank, amounts to a land grab. AP
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