OPINIONOPINION, One tick and ‘anti-Semitic’ fruit: The curse of being PalestinianI was threatened with disciplinary action for having a still-life image in my Teams background.
![The author's Teams background - a still-life image including figs, olives, grapes, oranges, watermelon, and a few glass bottles - which was deemed "potentially anti-Semitic." [Courtesy of Ahmad Baker]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/watermelon-1751633866.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
