Published 03/09/2024 2:53:00 a.m.

Pro-Palestine protesters target Lord Balfour painting at Trinity College in Cambridge

Palestine Action vandalized a 1914 painting at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, symbolizing the bloodshed of Palestinians post the Balfour Declaration.
The painting by Philip Alexius de László of Lord Arthur James Balfour, a signatory of the Balfour Declaration was ruined with red paint.
The act of vandalism was done to draw attention to the Palestinian suffering since the Balfour Declaration in 1917.

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BBC News

University of Cambridge Balfour painting damaged by Palestine Action

Police are investigating after a Palestinian group said they had "ruined" a painting of Lord Balfour.

03/08/2024 7:43:08 p.m.·United Kingdom

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The Independent

Pro-Palestine protesters slash historic painting at University of Cambridge

Pro-Palestine protesters slashed a historic painting at the University of Cambridge on Friday, 8 March. Footage shows Palestine Action spray-painting a 1914 piece depicting Lord Arthur Balfour, who was responsible for the Balfour Declaration of 1917 which stated that the British government supported "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people". "Britain’s support for the continued colonisation of Palestine hasn’t wav…

03/08/2024 3:07:03 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Pro-Palestine mob destroy historic painting at Cambridge University

The mob sprayed red paint on the painting of Lord Balfour at Cambridge University's Trinity College before slashing it.

03/08/2024 3:47:00 p.m.·United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Pro-Palestine activists spraypaint painting of Tory Lord Balfour at Cambridge University

The painting of former Tory Prime Minister Lord Arthur Balfour was painted red and slashed by pro-Palestine protesters at Cambridge University's Trinity College on Friday

03/08/2024 7:36:22 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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Irish Independent

Pro-Palestine protesters stand in solidarity with Palestinian women

Hundreds of pro-Palestine supporters have marched in Edinburgh and Glasgow calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

03/09/2024 4:30:08 p.m.·Ireland

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Sydney Morning Herald

Pro-Palestinian protester attacks portrait of key figure in Israel’s foundation

Lord Balfour was one of the chief supporters of creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine, cemented by the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which gave British backing to the movement.

03/09/2024 1:33:39 a.m.·Sydney, Australia

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