Israeli soldiers eat watermelon on the top of a tank near the Israel-Gaza border in Israel, May 28, 2024.
\nThe watermelon is a symbol of Palestinians\u2019 public expression in protests and art. Until 1993 and the Olso Accords, Israel had banned the Palestinian flag, coloured in the Pan-Arab colours of red, green, white and black. This led to the locally-grown and similarly-coloured watermelon taking its place in Palestinian iconography as an alternative.watermelon. watermelon, Palestinian iconography, Israel-Gaza border<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Israeli soldiers were seen eating watermelon on top of a tank near the Israel-Gaza border in Israel. The watermelon has become a symbol of public expression for Palestinians, as the Palestinian flag was banned by Israel until the Olso Accords in 1993. This led to the locally-grown watermelon, colored in red, green, white, and black, becoming an alternative symbol in Palestinian iconography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[302,7129,145,299,11576,11575,462,456,577,9816,618,11574,457],"class_list":["post-13546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-art","tag-border","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-israel-gaza-border","tag-palestinian-iconography","tag-palestinians","tag-photos","tag-protests","tag-soldiers","tag-top","tag-watermelon","tag-white"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n