PALESTINE: A land, a people, a memory that they want to erase.

Introduction — What the world calls “conflict”

Palestine is often referred to as a “complex conflict”.
A convenient word. A comfortable word. A word that avoids saying the essential thing.

Because this is not a conflict that arose yesterday, nor is it simply a religious opposition.
This is a gradual , organized , documented plundering, which began long before most Western consciences awoke — and has been carried out under the cover of law, security and silence.

I. Before 1948 — An inhabited land, a living society

Before the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, Palestine was a land inhabited mainly by Palestinian Arabs — Muslims, Christians, Jews — living in cities like Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, Nablus or Gaza.

Contrary to the long-repeated myth, it was not an empty land .
It was a company:

• with its markets,

• its schools,

• his families,

• its agricultural land,

• its mosques and its churches.

Coexistence existed.
What did not yet exist was systematic expropriation.

II. 1948 — The Nakba: Forced Exile

In 1948, the creation of the State of Israel led to what Palestinians call the Nakba — the catastrophe .

More than 700,000 Palestinians are expelled or flee under duress.
Hundreds of villages are destroyed.
Entire families become refugees overnight.

Even today, their descendants live:

• in camps,

• under occupation,

• without right of return,

• without a recognized state.

The Nakba is not an event of the past.
It's an open wound , passed down from generation to generation.

III. Gaza — An open-air prison

The Gaza Strip is the focus of one of the most documented human tragedies of the 21st century.

More than two million people live in a tiny territory, subject to:

• a land, sea and air blockade,

• drinking water shortages,

• power outages,

• recurring bombings.

The majority of Gaza's population was born under blockade .
She never knew the freedom to move around.

This is not a one-off war zone.
It's a constant struggle for survival .

IV. Colonization and International Law

In the West Bank, Israeli settlements continue to expand, despite their illegality under international law .

The facts are clear:

• confiscation of land,

• reserved lanes,

• checkpoints,

• arbitrary arrests,

• house demolitions.

Two peoples live on the same land, under two different legal systems .
One with full rights.
The other one is under military control.

This imbalance is not an accident.
It's a system.

V. Silence, a modern weapon

One of the most powerful forms of violence perpetrated against Palestine is silence .

Selective media silence.
Strategic political silence.
Moral silence disguised as neutrality.

Denouncing crimes against Palestinian civilians is often seen as taking an extreme stance, when it is simply a matter of defending human dignity .

BlackArtist refuses this silence.

VI. Why BlackArtist talks about Palestine

BlackArtist is not a “trendy” brand.
It's a living archive .

Palestine joins:

• African struggles,

• colonial memories,

• displaced peoples,

• the voices that we try to erase.

This project does not speak “against”.
He speaks for memory , for transmission , for those who have no platform .

Every BlackArtist creation related to Palestine is:

• a reminder,

• visual resistance,

• a refusal to forget.

Conclusion — What remains when everything is destroyed

When the houses are demolished,
when borders are locked,
when bodies fall and words fail,

What remains is memory .

And as long as there are people to tell stories, document, create, and pass them on,
Palestine will not be erased.

BlackArtist documents.
BlackArtist transmits.
BlackArtist refuses to be forgotten.