Billboard in Bangkok calling for liberation of Palestine removed

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Credit : The Public Post Online

 

A huge roadside billboard, calling for the liberation of Palestine, was erected on top of a building at the expressway exit on Sathupradit Road in Bangkok’s Yan Nawa district last week, by a group of Thai Muslims supporting the Palestinian cause.

 

The billboard featured the Palestine flag and the text “Free Palestine.”

 

It was reported that Thai officials, including Special Branch police, approached the owner of the building, asking him to remove the billboard, claiming that it may harm relations between Thailand and Israel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/billboard-in-bangkok-calling-for-liberation-of-palestine-removed/

 

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[canopus1969]

claiming that it may harm relations between Thailand and Israel

 

Pathetic  ????

[Sydebolle]

It certainly would harm relations between Thailand and the brethren in arms to the West; that would be Myanmar and the latters ongoing genocide with their Rohingya issue! 

 

Leaving the religious and political note aside; wondering if the relevant taxes have been paid.

I - for one - was fined years ago for not having paid relevant taxes for a sign, installed 100% on my own property, reading the name of my restaurant.

It read the restaurant's name in both bold English and tiny Thai letters which was the law then. Irrespective of that, they wanted taxes and a fine; only once I told them to take me to court they settled for the tax only. Pathetic - the entire discussion. 

In closing, it remains a fact that religious and political affairs belong into their arenas; religion into churches, temples, mosques and synagogues as it remains a discussion over who has the bigger imaginary friend! 
Politics should remain off the boards as well; political parties should convince with party programmes, proven achievements and measurable promises to get (not) elected - me thinks! 
 

[kotsak]

I wonder if they visited the mosque down the road to inquire about the sign.. ????

[Donga]

Rather than remove the Free Palestine sign, pity they didn't just add two words:

from Hamas
https://thearabweekly.com/hamas-leaders-seen-living-luxury-while-gazans-suffer

Edited June 7, 2021 by Donga

[timmyp]

I lived in Chicago for a couple of years in the 00s. The neighborhood had a quite a number of groups from the Middle East, including a significant population of U.S.-born Orthodox and Hasidic Jews. There were a few billboards along major streets with the Israeli flag and U.S. flag together, encouraging Jews to donate 10% of their will when they die. 

 

I never heard of anyone attempting to remove those signs, but I imagine such attempts would have been met with accusations of anti-Semitism. I just cruised down the street on Google Maps Street View, and noticed that those signs are no longer up. No idea why

It was an interesting neighborhood in that, whatever different political views may have existed, everyone went to the same Mediterranean food restaurant (Muslim owned and operated). That place was always packed. 

 

Here's a similar billboard in Detroit that made quite a stir. No idea what happened with it:

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[Kasset Tak]

Thai - Israeli relation....
Every year about a hundred Thai workers dies working on Israeli farms. They all get diagnosed with "sudden death syndrome", that way the farmers don't have to pay anything even though it's 99.9999% sure that that they die because they are working with agro-chemicals (Israel is in the top 3 of countries using agro-chemicals) without the employers providing proper PPE... So save the Thai - Israeli relationship!!!

And Thailand shouldn't really anger the Muslim as one of Thailand's best growing export markets is Halal food!

Edited June 7, 2021 by Kasset Tak

[JulesMad]

Probably/Possibly/Likely under political pressure from usa and/or Israel...

[Surelynot]

3 minutes ago, JulesMad said:

Probably/Possibly/Likely under political pressure from usa and/or Israel...

Thinking the same........if I were them I would put up a big pro-Israeli bill board and see what happens.