Guy Christensen

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Before Watermelons It Was Oranges: Palestine’s Stolen Symbol

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Guy Christensen
Jun 29, 2025
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What fruit makes you think of Palestine?

We all probably would say the watermelon.

But it didn’t used to be this way. There was once an entirely different fruit the world associated with Palestine.

Here is how the Palestinian roots of this historic symbol were stolen by Zionist occupiers:

Since I joined the movement in late 2023, the 🍉 emoji’s symbolizatio…

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