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Trump and Netanyahu share a kiss on West Bank wall mural

 

A man photographs a woman as she stands next to a mural depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the controversial Israeli barrier, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem October 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

 

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Another Donald Trump mural believed to be the work of Australian graffiti artist Lushsux has popped up on Israel's barrier in the occupied West Bank, this time depicting the U.S. president sharing a kiss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

His face hidden by a headdress, a man who identified himself as Lushsux said against the backdrop of a cement section of the Israeli wall in Bethlehem that he hoped his painting would draw attention to Palestinians stuck in "an indoor prison".

 

The Bethlehem wall has become a showcase of protest art voicing Palestinians' fears that Israel's West Bank fence-and-concrete barrier is a land grab that may deny them a state. Israelis deem the project a bulwark against Palestinian attack.

 

"The wall is a message in itself," the man, who said he painted the mural overnight, told Reuters. "I don't need to write 'Free Palestine' or something like that, something really direct ... that people will ignore.

 

"I just paint what I usually paint and maybe people will start looking at the background and looking at the razor wire and looking at people stuck in here, and maybe that'll work better," he said in Australian-accented English.

 

Murals on the barrier believed to be the work of Lushsux include one showing Trump kissing an Israeli watchtower and another depicting him placing his hand on the barrier and thinking about building a similar wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

 

(Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Catherine Evans)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-30

[khwaibah]

Only thing missing is some tung action..

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed.  

[mamypoko]

Trumpy Pumpkin - lovely

[Berkshire]

Man, that's just repulsive.  But then Trump would be repulsive regardless of which guy he was kissing.

[rocketman777]

Netanyahu openly attempted  to influence the 2012 Re election of Obama  by supporting  Mitt Romney .

Went virtually unreported

Netanyahu dislike of Obama is matched  in equally measure by that of  Trump's.

 

The fact is that Netanyahu is the real foreign state influence in US Politics and that Putin is a distraction from this fact.

[Berkshire]

1 hour ago, rocketman777 said:

Netanyahu openly attempted  to influence the 2012 Re election of Obama  by supporting  Mitt Romney .

Went virtually unreported

Netanyahu dislike of Obama is matched  in equally measure by that of  Trump's.

 

The fact is that Netanyahu is the real foreign state influence in US Politics and that Putin is a distraction from this fact.

Netanyahu's interest is much narrower than Putin and is almost entirely about protecting Israel, even if it's against America's interest.  Putin, on the other hand, is much more sinister--he's about disrupting western democracy and increasing Russia's footprint around the world.  In that sense, Trump is not a partner of equal to Putin, more a "useful idiot."   

[selftaopath]

Two corrupt individuals kissing. I think they ought to have invited Putin in for a "3 some." 

[gamini]

8 hours ago, Berkshire said:

Man, that's just repulsive.  But then Trump would be repulsive regardless of which guy he was kissing.

They are both repulsive.