{"id":28462,"date":"2015-03-01T21:08:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T05:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=28462"},"modified":"2015-03-01T21:21:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T05:21:35","slug":"the-plight-of-gaza-by-banksy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=28462","title":{"rendered":"The Plight Of Gaza By Banksy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3e2dShY8jIo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>British artist, <strong>Banksy<\/strong>, has recently entered Gaza through a series of tunnels to highlight the terrible circumstances many Palestine people are currently enduring as a consequence from their war with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In one of his pieces featured, the street artist painted a kitten playing with a ball full of mangled wire found on the streets of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Banksy<\/strong>, who always keeps his identity secret wrote on his official website:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A local man came up and said &#8216;Please &#8211; what does this mean?&#8217; I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website \u2013 but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Banksy<\/strong>, ended the thought-provoking video with a politically charged statement: &#8220;If we wash our hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, we side with the powerful and don&#8217;t remain neutral&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the plight of the Gaza above:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Breanna Vasquez<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pc-150226-banksy-gaza-mn-1021_a3343dd96e597851f3bd8fdceb3865c6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pc-150226-banksy-gaza-mn-1021_a3343dd96e597851f3bd8fdceb3865c6-1024x667.jpg\" 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