The fruit, a staple of Levantine cuisines, has a long history of representing Palestinian protest.
You may have noticed the watermelon emoji cropping up on social media: The organization Jewish Voice for Peace, which has coordinated large protests calling for a cease-fire as the violence in Gaza intensifies, recently shared an image of a watermelon on Instagram with a caption asking readers to attend protests, skip work, and call elected officials—each call to action bulleted with a watermelon emoji.
The fruit was also readily available for use in demonstrations against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, where protesters carried wedges of watermelon in place of the flag. Today, Israel no longer prohibits the Palestinian flag by law. Still, prominent Israeli leaders have expressed opposition to displays of the flag in protest settings. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the presence of the flag at protests an “incitement.
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