Dutch politician Esther Ouwehand was asked to remove her first shirt (Palestine flag), so she came back wearing another one of watermelon seeds.
Dutch politician Esther Ouwehand was asked to remove her first shirt (Palestine flag), so she came back wearing another one of watermelon seeds.
Dutch politician Esther Ouwehand was asked to remove her first shirt (Palestine flag), so she came back wearing another one of watermelon seeds.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon/_as/_a/_Palestinian/_symbol]
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What's the significance of watermelon seeds?
Watermelon has been used as a plausibly deniable way to show support for Palestine since 1967 per Wikipedia, since it shares the same colors as the flag while being a completely common and innocuous item.
I was not aware of this. Thank you kindly
TIL about watermelon π support
E: there ought to be a list of hidden meaning of various emojis
Same colors as the one she was told to remove.
Who asked her and under what authority?
This timeline is batshit insane
Watermelon is often used as a symbol of Palestinian resistance as it has the same colours as the flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_as_a_Palestinian_symbol