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British Museum erases Palestine labels

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The British Museum removed 'Palestine' from some Middle East gallery panels, saying the term was historically inaccurate after UK Lawyers for Israel complained, and critics said it erased Palestinian presence.

The Guardian
British Museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from some displays

Museum revises labelling on maps and panels, saying term used inaccurately and no longer historically neutral The British Museum has removed the word “Palestine” from some of its displays, saying the term was used inaccurately and is no longer historically neutral. Maps and information panels in the museum’s ancient Middle East galleries had referred to the eastern Mediterranean coast as Palestine, with some people described as being “of Palestinian descent”. Continue reading. . .

British Museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from some displays
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El Pais
A pro-Israel group gets the British Museum to remove the term Palestine from its Middle East gallery

The organization UK Lawyers for Israel protested the "false impression of historical continuity" in using the region's name.

A pro-Israel group gets the British Museum to remove the term Palestine from its Middle East gallery
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ABC
The British Museum removes the word 'Palestine' from part of its signage after complaints by pro-Israel lawyers

The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from some of its panels and maps in the galleries dedicated to the ancient Near East, a change the institution says is warranted by 'historical accuracy' and because the term is no longer considered neutral, after UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), a voluntary group of lawyers, voiced objections to the use of that designation in contexts spanning millennia and, in their view, applying a single name retrospectively to periods when no such entity existed. The report published on Monday notes that in maps and informational panels in the Ancient Near East galleries the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean was described as Palestine, and that some texts described certain people as of Palestinian descent, a formulation that has been changed in at least one case in the Egypt galleries. The local press places the controversy in the realm of museum labeling, which often condenses debates into a few lines.

The British Museum removes the word 'Palestine' from part of its signage after complaints by pro-Israel lawyers
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