Palestine envoy protests removal of “Palestine” from British Museum displays

Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom Husam Zomlot has formally protested to the British government over the removal of the word “Palestine” from displays at the British Museum, describing the move as a “deliberate historical erasure” of the Palestinian narrative. According to The Guardian, the museum removed references to “Palestine” from explanatory panels related to the geography of the Levant and ancient Egypt, replacing them with terms such as “Gaza” and “West Bank”. The words “Palestine” and “Palestinian” were also reportedly removed from descriptions in the museum’s Ancient Near East and Egypt galleries. The changes came despite United Kingdom recognition of the State of Palestine in September 2025, prompting criticism over what Zomlot described as a contradiction between Britain’s official […]