Link: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/22/gyuc-f22.html

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.

Tbf, always being on the side of colonial monsters is so on brand for them that it might as well be the official slogan..

I remember when this happened.

Surprised the British Museum gives a fuck what anyone else says. They don't give a shot about anything else.