Israel Embassy to UK Erases West Bank, Gaza in Election Video

- Israel Embassy to UK Erases West Bank, Gaza in Election Video
by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/
A video released by the Israeli embassy to the UK has erased the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) and the occupied Golan Heights, showing the whole of historic Palestine and the Syrian territory as Israel.
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The video – created by the Israeli embassy in London and shared on its official Twitter account on Wednesday – sets out to explain the upcoming Israeli general election on 9 April. The video addresses “frequently asked questions” about the Israeli electoral system, such as “what is the Knesset” and “who do people vote for”.
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Answering the question “do they [Israelis] vote for representatives of their city or district,” the video explains: “Israel is very small, so the whole country is a single constituency,” while a graphic draws the outline of historic Palestine and shades in the whole space, erasing the occupied West Bank, besieged Gaza Strip and Syria’s occupied Golan Heights.
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Though the outline of the West Bank can be seen beneath the shading, the video still shows the territory as part of the “single constituency” of Israel. The Gaza Strip, on the other hand, and the Golan Heights are not demarcated at all. Though MEMO contacted the Israeli embassy for comment, at the time of publication no answer had been received.
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