Watermelon as a Palestinian symbol

The watermelon (Levantine Arabic: بطيخ, romanized: baṭṭīkh) has been used as a symbol of Palestinian perseverance and resistance in protests and works of art, representing the Palestinian cause in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It started being used as such in response to Israeli suppression of the display of the Palestinian flag after the 1967 War, as the watermelon has the same colors as the flag: red, green, white, and black.

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