A painting by British street artist Banksy was sold at a price of three million dollars yesterday at an auction organized by Sotheby's in London, with the money going to help a Palestinian hospital in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

The work is entitled "A View of the Mediterranean 2017" and it consists of three paintings. The paintings represent three scenes of a raging sea with orange lifeboats on the beach "in reference to the lives that were lost in the sea during the migrant crisis in Europe," Sotheby's explained on its website.

The triple work was on display at the "World of Hotel", which Banksy opened in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in 2017.

The work made two million and 235 thousand pounds ($ 2.9 million), which is far from the record price for one of the artist's works recorded last October with the "Divold Parlement" painting. It was estimated to cost between 800 thousand and 1.2 million pounds.

Banksy donated the proceeds of the auction to finance the construction of a department specializing in vascular problems and acute stroke in a Bethlehem hospital and the purchase of rehabilitation kits for children.

"We are often pushed into believing that immigration is a burden on state resources, but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian immigrant," said Banksy, whose identity remains confidential in a rare comment. (Apple) is the largest profit-making company in the world, and it exists only because they allowed a young man from Homs to enter the country. ”

Banksy had taken up Jobs in a work called "Ibn Muhajir from Syria" and showed him carrying a backpack and a computer from the brand "Apple".

The artist, one of the most famous street artists in the world, completed several drawings in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in 2017.

- «Apple» exist only because they allowed a young man from Homs to enter the country.

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