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Mortadella was banned for import to the US from the 1960’s to early 00’s, so there isn’t a very large cultural footprint here for it. Americans might (incorrectly) call it a “Summer Sausage” if not just think of it as gross bologna (they prefer the fat content of their cured meats to be obfuscated by the meat obelisk.)
Yeah at first I read the image as top was held captive by israelis, bottom held by Palestinians, and I thought it was like one of those
jokes where you’re supposed to understand that the labels are swapped.