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activist murdered in 1983 by a grenade thrown at a
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appeared as a nude black figure with the head of a monster. The work contained the inscription "I forgive you O Lord, for you know not what you do" – a sardonically reversed
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to shut down the exhibition and referred its artwork for an examination by its censorship board. Rubin became the second South
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in Tel Aviv were donated to a fund for educational activities and promotion of the values of democracy and freedom of speech dedicated to
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