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LONDON The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following "concerns" by a UK-based Israeli advocacy group. The British Museum has confirmed that it is reviewing and updating some gallery panels and labels after "Audience testing has shown that the historic use of the term Palestine … is in some circumstances no longer meaningful," UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) said in a statement on Saturday. The group claimed there were "historically