The Etrog self-own by “Women for Palestine”

 

A couple of days ago, “Women of Palestine” tweeted this:

 

They probably meant “citrus” fruits.

This is in fact a Yemenite Jewish boy selling etrogim and myrtles, two of the four species Jews use for the holiday of Sukkot.

Here’s an advertisement for etrogim from the Land of Israel from the 1920s:

 

But in fact the etrog is the perfect Zionist symbol. Etrogim were prominent in the coinage of Jews during both the First and Second Jewish Revolts against Rome:

 

Here’s a Byzantine-era pendant with a menorah, shofar, lulav and etrog.

 

 

 

The more people look for Palestinian history  -the more they uncover Jewish history in Israel.