(Jerusalem Post) A Palestinian visual artist and filmmaker who seemingly praised the October 7 Hamas attack was selected to design the biggest and most visible space in Oslo’s new Government Quarter, which will open in 2026.
Jumana Manna, who was raised in Jerusalem but lives in Berlin, was selected by a Norwegian jury for the project in 2022. Her proposal, which is named Sebastia and is about 800. sq. m., will be publicly accessible once it is finished.
So what is the controversy? On October 7, Manna reposted a picture on Instagram of Hamas terrorists paragliding into Israeli territory. Alongside it, she wrote: “Long live the creativity of resistance.” In another post, she typed a laughing-face emoji above a photo from a video of teenagers riding bikes into Israel shortly before the Hamas attack.
