The British Museum has removed the word ‘Palestine‘ from its displays of the ancient Middle East amid complaints from a pro-Israel group.
Information boards in the ancient Middle East galleries had referred to the area on the east coast of the Mediterranean as Palestine.
Individuals from the period between 1500BC to 1700BC had also been described as being ‘of Palestinian descent’.
Concerns were then raised by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) which said the historic references to Palestine
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