Matthew Boland

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Welcome to Gaza: A video by Banksy

You have got to love Banksy, the mysterious, almost omnipresent, street artist and social activist, has released a video about his latest art work in Gaza.

What it reveals is the very devastating lives that the Palestinians are leading there. A place which is fenced off and continually bombed by a very powerful military organisation. A place where no cement is allowed to enter so nothing is allowed to be rebuilt. A place where children play in rubble and their future prospects do not look at all bright.

Its a video perhaps that isn't exactly unique with many news outlets and human rights organisations releasing something similar. However in the hands of Banksy, it perhaps has an opportunity to break through to us: the neutral outsiders.