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Bethlehem checkpoint

By Banksy. 2010. Various Images.

OLD MAN: You paint the wall, you make it look beautiful
BANKSY: Thanks
OLD MAN: We don´t want it to be beautiful, we hate this wall, go home

Comments (2)

placing a bright cheerful illustration on the side of that wall is like placing a bright cheerful illustration on the side of a bottle of rat poison. It’s dishonest. No surprise,  people there living under the shadow of apartheid and that wall are insulted.

posted on January 4, 2010
2. James Dunlap

@ Riley
I think he was trying to make a point about how stupid the wall is. They should be insulted by the wall not the painting.

posted on April 11, 2011

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