Grappling Hook emerged as the most iconic sculptural work from Banksy’s 2017 intervention at The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem. Conceived within a project that directly confronted the politics and physical presence of the West Bank separation wall, the piece stands as a sharp meditation on faith, conflict, and the machinery of division.

Described by the artist on Instagram as a “military grade grappling hook and combination spiritual ornament,” the sculpture fuses weaponry with religious iconography. A wooden crucifix, complete with a carved figure of Christ, is violently reimagined as a functional military climbing device, fitted with steel hooks and accompanied by heavy rope. The sacred object becomes a tool of breaching and scaling — a darkly comic yet deeply polemical gesture.