Bethlehem graffiti lampoons Trump embrace of Israeli wall


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Aug 2017

Palestinians walk past a graffiti depicting U.S President Donald Trump on the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's promised wall along the Mexican border may be a tall order, but at least he has left his mark on the Israeli security barrier that he has promoted as a model.

On the concrete barricades erected by Israel around parts of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, giant spray-painted images of Trump have given constricted Palestinians some comic relief.

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