Horses are important to Palestinian identity, honoured in poetry and proverbs; even the national folk dance known as ‘dabke’ has some “leg moves that are similar to the movements of horses” https://www.economist.com/interactive/1843/2026/04/24/the-horsemen-of-the-west-bank?taid=69edeb84e23f1b000178de00&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante