Mahmoud Abbas's historical portrait is a fake.
When someone wants to sell us a pretty picture, it’s okay, as long as it’s genuine art. But what happens when someone tries to sell us a fake painting? Such is the pretty article painted by Mahmoud Abbas and published in the New York Times yesterday. Fake art, and definitely not reality.
Abbas paints us a picture, but did it really happen? It’s true that he and others had to flee their home in 1948, but he conveniently forgets to remind us of some historical facts: these were the days of post World War 2, and tens of millions of people around the world lost their homes and became refugees. They have all long since relocated, made a new life for themselves, and became grandparents by now.
To read Lilac Sigan's article in full, please go to her blog The Other Side of the Equation.