Explanation: How the watermelon ๐ became a symbol of Palestinian protest ๐ต๐ธ
It's especially relevant now, because Meta (i.e. Instagram and Facebook) is hiding posts and comments containing the Palestinian flag emoji, and people are turning to using the watermelon emoji as a substitute.
As an aside, the Jordanian flag emoji ๐ฏ๐ด and the Western Saharan flag emoji ๐ช๐ญ are visually similar enough to the Palestinian flag emoji to be good substitutes.
