Monday, January 28, 2008

Anne Frank - image hi-jacked to highlight the conditions in Gaza for Palestinians.


The Hague-based Centre For Information and Documentation on Israel P.O. Box 116462502 AP Den HaagTHE NETHERLANDS tel: + 31-(0)70-3646862fax: + 31-(0)70-3653372 e-mail: cidi@cidi.nl ) called on cinemas, cafes and other businesses to ban a postcard showing a mixed image of Anne Frank wearing a red and white kefiyah, the postcard has been distributed for the past two weeks free of charge across the Netherlands by T-shirt and postcard maker Boomerang.

Boomerang continue to distribute the image ....De Telegraaf,

Boomerang’s chief editor, Pascale Bosboom, told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the artist responsible for the image - who is known only as T. - combined the two symbols “to create an idealistic image in which both states exist alongside one another in peace.

Many people have queried the diaries of Anne Frank - the authenticity of which does not appear to be in doubt.

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