Why the watermelon is a symbol for the Palestinian cause. November 16, 2023. 4 min. A rendering of a watermelon wedge is displayed at a “Global South United” demonstration in Berlin on Oct. 28 ...

On TikTok, Instagram, and across the internet, the watermelon emoji is used as a symbol of support for Palestine in the Israeli-Hamas war. The Israeli-Hamas war escalated last month after Hamas ...

The watermelon now symbolizes unofficial Palestinian solidarity amid reports of online censorship and the ongoing civilian deaths in Gaza. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...

In the 1960s, watermelon became a symbol of protest for Palestinians. ... Another common culinary symbol of Palestine is the prickly cactus fruit, called sabr in Arabic and sabra in Hebrew.

Palestine is not universally recognised as an independent state, but for the past 11 years has been accepted as a non-member observer in the United Nations, which considers its territory to be ...

The artist Khaled Hourani, who created a watermelon flag design for the Subjective Atlas of Palestine in 2007, said he had seen his work and other watermelon images proliferate with each flare-up ...

The watermelon now symbolizes unofficial Palestinian solidarity amid reports of online censorship and the ongoing civilian deaths in Gaza. June 27, 2025 contribute now ...

Why has watermelon imagery become the symbol of solidarity with Palestine? The fruit has become a symbol of solidarity, drawing together activists from around the world, who don't speak the same ...

How did the watermelon become a symbol for the Palestinian cause? Following the Arab-Israeli war in 1967, public displays of the Palestinian flag were outlawed in Israel. Anyone who displayed the ...

The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol is not new. It first emerged after the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexed East Jerusalem.

How the mighty watermelon became a symbol of pro-Palestinian resistance on social media. ... he created a design for a "Watermelon Flag" for the Subjective Atlas of Palestine in 2007.