BETHLEHEM: Offended West Bank residents have painted over a satirical mural by the graffiti artist Banksy that was meant to highlight their plight.The elusive British street artist painted six images around the town revered as the birthplace of Jesus to help drum up pre-Christmas tourism and to illustrate the hardships Palestinians face in the occupied West Bank.
But the irony behind a painting of an Israeli soldier checking a donkey's identity papers - a jab at Israel's strict security - was lost on some locals, who found it offensive and painted over it.
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