Palestinian protestors hold Islamic flags and a placard bearing the inverted 'red triangle', a symbol that the Palestinian Hamas movement's military wing Al-Qassam Brigades uses to identify Israeli targets in their videos, during a rally supporting the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas, on December...
Depending on how it's used or who you ask, the inverted red triangle is a target, a symbol of resistance, a piece of history, or propaganda. As experts in the Israel-Palestinian conflict point out, the meaning and history of the controversial symbol — which has become synonymous with the protest — is complex.A Palestinian protester holds a placard bearing the inverted red triangle during a rally supporting the Gaza Strip on Dec. 11, 2023, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
A Palestinian man walks past a graffiti of the Star of David under an inverted red triangle in Hebron in November 2023. "The colour red symbolizes the blood of those who sacrificed in battle for the Arab cause and the Palestinian cause. Red is also one of the Pan-Arab colours, along with black, white and green, which together represent Arab unity and independence."
Earlier in May, pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Pennsylvania defaced a statue of Benjamin Franklin, drawing an inverted red triangle on its forehead, according to the The use of the triangle at U of T's encampment was referenced last week at a parliamentary committee by Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman. The presidents of four Canadian universities were"That's a symbol that glorifies terrorism by Hamas," Lantsman said at the meeting, holding up a photo of the symbol.
"Politicians in this country, through racist rhetoric, dehistoricize and misconstrued many slogans, symbols and chants that have been linked to people's resistance against colonialism and imperialism historically and in the present."In the current war, experts have noted the triangle first appeared in Al-Qassam videos around November 2023.
South Africa filed a case with the ICJ last year, accusing Israel of committing genocide during its military campaign in Gaza. In January, ICJ judges ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any
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