cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65019435
The British Museum has altered the labelling of some of its ancient Middle Eastern artifacts—substituting “Canaan” for “Palestine”—after UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) claimed the term inaccurately described civilizations that existed centuries before the term “Palestine” was coined.
The decision of Britain’s premier cultural institution to cave into Zionist browbeating has prompted a furious backlash from scholars in Middle Eastern history, archaeologists and experts in ancient Levantine cultures. They have criticised the British Museum’s decision as “part of a ‘systematic’ attack on Palestinian cultural identity” that contributes to the erasure of Palestinian history. Some 6,800 have signed a petition calling on the British Museum to reinstate the labels.
Palestine has been the standard term in accaemia since the 19th century, when most of the Western scholarship of the region originates. At that time it was the name for the Ottoman region, and later used by the British.
Canaanite is more historically accurate in reference to the ancient rule before the Roman use of the term for the region following the second century Jewish revolt.
I will never get, why would anyone want to have anything to do with israel. We are being told about them being surrounded by ugly terrorists and just protecting themselves. The terrorists in neighboring countries are caused by UK and USA sticking their oil covered fingers into everyone’s business and israel terrorizing the whole region.
Israel has played the antisemitic and genocide cards non-stop since it’s formation to justify their racism and ethnic elitism. It’s no wonder they’re the Nazis now
I dream of a great future where the british museum gets demolished after all of its stolen wealth is finally taken back
I dream of a great future where Britain gets demolished after all of its stolen wealth is finally taken back
I think they’re going for a world-wide recognized museum first in order to justify a wider rewrite of history to erase their closest neighbours.
I predict this will be repeated internationally now that the British Museum has caved to their pressure.
