Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-museum-removal-term-palestine-displays-part-systematic-attempt-erase-it-history

The British Museum has removed references to Palestine from its ancient Middle East displays, a move condemned by scholars and activists as part of what they describe as a “systematic” attack on Palestinian cultural identity and history.

Following a letter from the pro-Israel group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), the museum removed the term from exhibits on ancient Egypt and the Phoenicians, saying the word was not “meaningful” as a historical geographical term in that context.

In its letter to museum director Nicholas Cullinan, UKLFI argued that using the term Palestine in the exhibits “has the compounding effect of erasing the kingdoms of Israel and of Judea” and “re-framing the origins of the Israelites and Jewish people as erroneously stemming from Palestine”.