Democracy Dies in Darkness

Why Palestinians are uniting around watermelon emoji

Palestinian farmers share watermelon during harvest season in the northern Gaza Strip, near the border with Israel, on June 18. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)

Correction: An earlier version of this article said that Israel bans the Palestinian flag. It has banned the flag in certain situations in the past, but today the flag can be confiscated and the flying of it penalized under Israeli public safety ordinances.

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