The removal of Slingshot Rat has sparked debate over the legality of taking cultural artefacts from occupied land
art dealer who purchased the painting, Slingshot Rat was in the possession of Palestinians who kept it in private residences until earlier this year.
The art dealer said that the acrylic paint sprayed over the original work was carefully removed, and the 400kg concrete slab was then enclosed in a steel frame so it could be lifted on to a flatbed truck and taken to its new location. According to the 1954 Hague Convention governing cultural property to which Israel is a signatory, occupying powers must prevent the removal of cultural property from occupied territories.
In densely populated places such as Bethlehem, the barrier takes the form of an eight-metre-high concrete wall topped with barbed wire. In more rural areas, it is made up of parallel wire fences.
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