Palestinian ambassador protests to Foreign Office over ’erasure’ by British Museum

The British Museum has yet to explain its reasoning for the changes. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

The Palestinian ambassador to the UK has called for Foreign Office intervention after the British Museum removed references to Palestine from its exhibits.

The UK recognised the state of Palestine in September 2025, but the same year the museum removed the name “Palestine” from a panel listing the present-day countries encompassed by the ancient Levant, and replaced it with Gaza and the West Bank.