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Sunday, March 04, 2012

The giant blue UN chair in Ramallah bites the dust

Remember that ridiculous  giant blue chair that was built in Ramallah to symbolize the PLO's bid to become a member state at the UN? The one that shows that Palestinian Arabs care far more about symbolism than substance, and more about stunts than real life?

From tweeter @JalalAK_jojo:

The original chair:

After some rain and wind:


And now...dismantled and discarded:



Since the PLO is so crazy about symbolism, what do you think this symbolizes?