This banner just off the Shore Road includes two Palestinian flags and an Irish Tricolour, along with a raised first and the lark of freedom, both in green, black, and red.
This appears to be a hand-painted cloth or tarp.
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“The Market community supports Palestine – End the siege on Gaza – Free Palestine”. Tears of blood flow from a boy’s face, shrouded by a Palestinian flag and behind barbed wire. Along the bottom, in red lettering, is a quote from Malcolm X’s autobiography: “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the [people who are being] oppressed and loving the oppressor [the people who are doing the oppressing].”
The mural was launched on 2014-07-29.
Lower Stanfield Street, Markets, south Belfast
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“Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign [web] – IPSC Belfast/Béal Feırste” – this tarp is on the railings at St. Mary’s (teacher training college), Falls Road. The groups held a rally in July demanding a stop to the slaughter.
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“Short Strand supports Gaza – tacaíonn An Trá Ghearr le Gaza”. The centre of this mural is Carlos Latuff’s cartoon Do Not Disturb – War Criminals Working. Israel, in the form of an aproned Benjamin Netanyahu, is butchering the people of Gaza. The world watches with some concern, Ban Ki-Moon and the UN look away, and the Arab League is asleep. The United States, in the form of Barack Obama, prevents any intervention.
The second image gives a wide shot of the long wall on Mountpottinger Road, which has its own Visual History page.
Short Strand, east Belfast.
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Palestinian icon Leila Khaled, who took part in aeroplane hijackings in 1969 and 1970, is featured in this new mural pro-Gaza mural in Hugo Street. The central portrait is a replication of a famous photo by Eddie Adams (WP), taken after her first skyjacking; she then underwent plastic surgery to disguise her identity prior to the 1970 attempt (WP).
Khaled is also featured in the pro-Gaza mural in McQuillan Street: Oppression Breeds Resistance
This mural replaces the right-hand side of Think Independently, Vote Independently.
On the left is an éirígí stencil calling for “Acht Na Gaeılge Anoıs!!!” – “An Irish Language Act Now!!!” The Belfast Telegraph reports that an Irish language bill will be published in the near future, though the DUP have already rejected such an Act. (For more background and discussion see Brian Walker’s post on Slugger.)
In the middle remains JFTC2.
Hugo Street, west Belfast
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A Claddagh ring connotes friendship (caırdeas – sadaaka (صدقة)), love, and loyalty, here between Ireland and Palestine. The ring’s band is composed of their two flags.
The wide shot shows the adjacent “Free Palestine” mural, also featuring the Palestinian flag.
Replaces a Che stencil and a Cliftonville-Celtic mural.
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Gael Force Art (Fb) have voiced their support for Palestine on Slıabh Dubh (Visual History) in west Belfast.
For the Springhill-Westrock Massacre, see Belfast’s Bloody Sunday.
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“Oppression breeds resistance”, in the form of Leila Khaled and an IRA gunman, and a clenched fist in the colours of the Palestinian flag. This is a new pro-Gaza mural in the middle Falls with Irish “Tıocfaıdh ár lá” [our day will come] and Arabic “يومنا قادم” [our day is coming] (and in the shields “Saoırse” and “حرية”[freedom]).
The artist is DD Walker (“Rebel Rebel”), who painted the Blood Of An Irish Rebel Che Guevara mural last (2013) October which this replaces.
McQuillan Street, Falls Road, Belfast.
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Without names, on July 29th:
Whitewashing of the previous ‘Sarcoma yellow’, July 28th:
Four children from the Baker (or: Bakr) clan run from an Israeli rocket bearing the Star of David, leaving behind their football on the beach at the port of Gaza. Ismael Mohamed Bakr (9), Ahed Atef Bakr (10), Zakaria Ahed Bakr (10), and Mohamed Ramez Bakr (11) all died; three other children and one adult were wounded. (For more background, see Stad An Slad/Stop The Slaughter).
The two versions shown here – from July 29th and August 1st – differ only in the later inclusion of the names and ages of the children along the bottom.
‘Free Derry Corner’ has its own Visual History page | Click here for other Gaza-related entries.
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The ‘Vote Tommy Doherty’ portion of this RNU mural on Northumberland Street (Visual History) has been replaced with a pro-Palestinian message – a clenched fist in the colours of Palestine between the emblems of the RNU and the Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine. The Arabic reads “Our day is coming”/”Tıocfaidh ár lá”.
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