West Bank Footage: Banksy's The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9qtYJTpsf8

Kim Iversen

Here's some of the footage from my trip to the West Bank. This is a "soft opening" to some of the other stuff I'll show later. This is a touristy spot but educational so we'll start here. Much more to come.

Banksy is an anonymous street artist who opened The Walled Off Hotel, the hotel with the worst view in the world, in 2017. The hotel is located in Bethlehem and is built right next to the West Bank barrier, a 440 mile long wall separating Israel from Palestinians. The Palestinian side the wall is very ugly (Israeli side is decorated with rocks to blend in), however next to the hotel there are numerous art installations that make it interesting and tell the story of the Palestinians. Inside the hotel is a museum of events of the catastrophe.