HOW ORIGINAL! A new bookstore opens in Los Angeles about a people and a state that have never existed

It’s called “Watermelon Books,” with watermelon being the symbol of resistance against Israel, extermination of the Jews, and the colors of the flag of the non-existent state of Palestine.

NY PostWatermelon Books announced its launch Saturday at the cultural center Holy Ground, calling it a “cultural act of resistance” in a clip promoting the opening last month.

“Imagine 1,000 titles about Palestine and other liberation struggles all under one roof,” entrepreneur/activist Mary Nazzal sad in the video. Watermelon said the LA shop was its second outpost, joining another in Amman, Jordan. “This is the next chapter—bringing that vision to the United States and expanding an international cultural project grounded in Palestinian life, history, and imagination,” read a statement from Holy Ground.

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“It’s about creating a permanent home for Palestinian literary, historical, and cultural expression at a moment when Palestinian life and history are under sustained assault.” The shop will be “communal gathering space — activated through reading circles, poetry nights, film screenings, panel discussions, and book launches.”

All profits from this weekend event were to be donated to Gaza Soup Kitchen, which has been feeding families in Gaza with “love and dignity throughout the (non-existent) genocide,” the statement read.

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