Girl and a Soldier

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Politics is a common theme among the work of street artists around the world, and Bethlehem in the West Bank is a true testament to that. Protest pieces are numerous in the city's growing street art scene. The Israeli West Bank Barrier (Separation Wall) is a popular canvas for artists and activists to share their messages through art.

Banksy manages to portray a controversial idea, children being persecuted, without showing the image of the girl being frisked. Additionally, the image shows how people dehumanize one another, by viewing each other only as threats.

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