After the occupation of the land .. Israel raided the Arab culture

Not only the Israeli occupation of its cultural thefts within the borders of historic Palestine, but his hands reach many of the surrounding Arab countries. As a colonial colonial state, Israel sought to erase the indigenous presence on the territories it occupies, in order to localize its culture and make it "local" rather than imposing it on others.

The Israeli cuisine is not only proud of the bread or the geophiliic fish dish, but also boasts of falafel, chickpeas, olive oil, tomato salad and the delicious choice that accompanies most of the Palestinian meals, according to a report on Middle East's website.

Israel admitted that it expanded its cultural theft a few months ago during the opening of a new showroom, for the first time, entitled "Arab Art Stolen" and explained that it exhibited these works without the knowledge or approval of artists and are aware of this excess, and this disclosure of political and geographical boundaries is what is But an attempt to draw attention to what Israel suffers from exclusion in the region.

A hostage to Israel
The authors added that the organizers believe that this "exclusion" is partly due to the success of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, which called for an academic and cultural boycott with Israel to stop violating international law and human rights of the Palestinians.

The exhibition reflects Israel's desire to promote a common reality characterized by open dialogue and exchange with all countries in the Middle East, without wars or occupation. The curator of the exhibition, Omar Krieger, said in an interview that the objective of the exhibition is to hold artworks "hostage", to force artists to "negotiate" to break this boycott.

The project, funded by right-wing shepherds and the Israeli government, has been criticized for using art to hide the violent reality of the city, including the ethnic cleansing of its Palestinian population. But the organizers of the show are mistaken, in fact, that they may gain the affection of the "Middle East family" by violating artists' rights and inventing their own intellectual work.

In keeping with a history of theft, Israel continues to do it in another area of ​​art. Recently, an Israeli publishing house published a short story collection of 45 women from various Arab countries and the Arab Jewish community around the world without their consent. These anthologies, entitled "Freedom", were not presented as "stolen stories", even after the publisher subsequently admitted that many authors had not agreed to this work.

Intellectual property
Palestinian writer Khuloud Khamis, who lives in Haifa for the first time, learned of theft when she was invited to participate in a panel discussion about the book. As she browsed through the catalog, she suspected that the authors were not informed that their work would be translated. Most of the works were famous writers such as Tunisia's Farah Tunisian, Algerian Ahlam Mostaganemi, and Kuwaiti Buthaina Al-Issa. It was also reported that the cover of the book included a work of art stolen by the Lebanese artist Hussein Blibel.

Khamis used her page on Facebook to expose this seizure, while many of the authors included in the anthology expressed strong dissatisfaction with the theft of their intellectual property. Since then, the publisher has removed the title from its collection on the Internet.

The writer added that while Khamis sought to inform the writers of the theft, activist Ronnie Felsen contacted the publishing staff, who told her in turn that the editor had served these women through this work. "In the past, these women were screaming in their kitchen, so it's important for us to hear their voices, we see them as their means of salvation," Wilson said in a statement, .

The writer explained that theft is the essence of every colonial process. For example, the museums of former empires are filled with works of art stolen from former colonies, such as Africa, Asia and others. But through the theft committed by Israel against the various Arab countries, it proves that it is an outsider and does not show any respect for the cultural borders, and that it is a colonial country that dreams of building a great empire.