Genuinely considering a trip to Winnipeg to see the exhibit and support this museum. I hope other people do to and that it stays up for a long time. In fact, I’m going to donate to the museum right now.
From another article:
Charles Levkoe, a member of the Jewish Faculty Network, an advocacy group made up of Jewish academics and scholars, called the controversy surrounding the exhibition ironic, given that it hadn’t yet opened to the public ahead of the protest.
Levkoe said one of his fellow members was part of the consultations for the exhibition and provided regular updates to the group.
“As Jews, as members of the people that have experienced lots of discrimination and persecution over the centuries … I think as a group we collectively were very excited about it, because we know how important it is for people who’ve been marginalized to tell their stories and have their perspectives heard,” Levkoe said.
The story of the Nakba is not often told because of its controversy, but Levkoe did not expect the exhibition to be the subject of such backlash.
“It’s like this knee-jerk reaction to just try to shut this thing down without even saying, ‘Well, let’s give it a chance, let’s see it first,’” he said.
The board member who resigned:
Berlin, who hadn’t seen the exhibit before resigning, said it didn’t acknowledge the estimated 850,000 Jewish people who were forced to flee Arab countries in the years following the establishment of Israel.
Further down the article:
The museum invited media to view the exhibit Friday.
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A timeline references displacements on both sides: “Before, during and after the war, hundreds of thousands of people became refugees. These included Palestinian Arabs as well as Jews from surrounding countries.”
It’s nice that the museum mentioned it, but that also shouldn’t have any bearing on the story of the Nakba.
This is a Zionist narrative that tries to group all of “the Arabs” into one hegemonic group to excuse their treatment of Palestinians (i.e. “generalized Arabs”).
Grouping Arabs together is as general as grouping Europeans or Africans.
Jewish groups have raised concerns that the exhibit could fuel antisemitism by not providing more historical context and that it was created without sufficient consultation and transparency.
So should we do the same with holocaust museeums?
Yes. Holocaust museums are antifascist. You got to consult neo Nazis first.
An Exhibit? How NICE! On PALESTINIANS? Why are you so ANTI SEMETIC you NAZI Lovers!
-The BBC!
Bold for the BBC to say anything. Their government started this!
