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Published: November 23rd 2011
The Israeli separation barrier, made of a combination of fence and concrete wall, can be spotted from nearly everywhere in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Its ominous contours are unavoidable. Begun in 2002, the wall is set to extend some 470 miles upon completion, several times the length of the Berlin wall which was 96 miles long.
There’s nothing nice about the wall—called the Apartheid Wall by its critics—except for maybe one thing: it’s become a canvas for A LOT of cool graffiti by both Palestinian and foreign artists. The wall even attracted the famous Banksy, an English graffiti artist who keeps his identity secret.
A friend and I found a taxi driver to take us to some of Banksy’s art works in and around Bethlehem. No way we would have found them on our own, especially the one—of a boy throwing flowers—behind a carwash. This driver also happened to be a top body builder in the Middle East. His size left no doubts.
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