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<\/a>Only Jewish Trustee of Canadian Human Rights Museum Resigns Over \u2018One-Sided Nakba\u2019 Exhibit<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The only Jewish member of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) board of trustees resigned on Monday effective immediately because of concerns over the museum\u2019s \u201cone-sided\u201d exhibit on the so-called Palestinian \u201cNakba\u201d set to open this week.<\/span><\/p>\n International human rights lawyer and scholar Mark Berlin was appointed by the Canadian government as a trustee of the CMHR in 2018. He was formerly the senior adviser on the Middle East to former Attorney General Irwin Cotler and director general of international legal programs at Canada\u2019s Department of Justice, where he oversaw efforts to establish justice sector reforms around the world including in the Palestinian Authority.<\/span><\/p>\n Berlin addressed his resignation letter<\/a> on Monday to Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Marc Miller and CMHR\u2019s board chairman. He said he has decided to no longer be associated with the Winnipeg museum because it plans to proceed with the exhibit, \u201cPalestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present<\/a>,\u201d in its present form, despite repeated concerns raised by himself and members of the Jewish community.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNakba,\u201d the Arabic term for \u201ccatastrophe,\u201d is used by Palestinians and anti-Israel activists<\/a> to refer to the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948. Activists often invoke the term when discussing the displacement of some 750,000 Palestinian Arabs following Israel\u2019s War of Independence, many of whom left the nascent state for varied reasons, including that they were encouraged by Arab leaders to flee their homes to make way for the invading Arab armies. At the same time, about 850,000 Jews were forced to flee or expelled from Middle Eastern and North African countries in the 20th century, primarily in the aftermath of Israel\u2019s declaring independence.<\/span><\/p>\n Berlin wrote that presenting the 1948 displacement of Palestinians without \u201cproper historical and political context\u201d offers \u201ca narrow one-sided argument of history that can only deepen the distrust and animosity that currently exists between Jews and Muslims in this country.\u201d He said talking about a historical event \u201cwith a one-sided perspective\u201d selected by the museum \u201cserves to deepen division and contributes to further hostility toward Jews in Canada\u201d and raises concerns about the institution\u2019s ability to fulfill its obligations under the Museums Act.<\/span><\/p>\n Berlin said the exhibit, opening on Saturday, fails to explain that Arab nations rejected a 1947 United Nations plan to create separate Jewish and Arab states in the territory and launched a war against the newly established state of Israel. The exhibit focuses on the displacement of Palestinian Arabs, but Berlin criticized it for not acknowledging the Jewish people who were forced to flee Arab countries at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n He wrote that the museum\u2019s \u201cvague commitment\u201d to mentioning the Jewish displacement in a later, unconfirmed exhibit is not good enough because \u201cthe stories are not severable \u2014 they occurred at the same historical moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA story detached from the surrounding factual details is not the truth; it is just a story,\u201d he added. \u201cThe museum has a statutory and moral obligation to tell the full truth, not to sacrifice it at the altar of politics. By their actions, the museum\u2019s mandate is thereby compromised along with the public\u2019s confidence in its integrity. The museum loses its legitimacy when it presents as historical truth a narrative that erases a crucial part of the history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Berlin accused the museum of betraying its Jewish supporters with such an exhibit. He believes the museum\u2019s decision to omit the historical and political context surrounding the \u201cNakba,\u201d and the museum\u2019s \u201cselective approach to history,\u201d is \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d He additionally slammed the institution for its \u201cprofound failure\u201d in uniting communities.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInstead, the controversy surrounding this exhibit, and my unsuccessful effort to fight against what I believe to be institutional anti-Zionism and to bring a more balanced perspective to the exhibit\u2019s development, has undermined my confidence in the museum as a place the Canadian public can trust to present an accurate historical exhibit, replacing trust with ideology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Jewish advocacy group B\u2019nai Brith Canada said Berlin\u2019s resignation validates its own previous concerns<\/a> about the \u201cNakba\u201d exhibit.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMr. Berlin is a respected scholar and someone who has worked, on the ground, to promote peace and human rights in Israel and Palestine,\u201d noted<\/a> B\u2019nai Brith Canada\u2019s CEO Simon Wolle. \u201cHis letter must serve as a wake-up call not only to the CMHR\u2019s remaining trustees but to Minister Miller.\u201d He also called on the Canadian government to intervene.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is the government\u2019s job to step in when a trustee resigns and speaks out about a Federal Crown corporation\u2019s internal governance, its work, and its impact on the Canadian public,\u201d Wolle explained. \u201cThe CMHR\u2019s mishandling of this exhibit should concern every Canadian. It is not only about the potential harms to the Jewish community, but what it says about the state of our federal institutions, our values, and Canada\u2019s role in upholding international norms and human rights.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said<\/a> on Monday the \u201clack of transparency\u201d in the exhibit has \u201cseverely undermined confidence in a publicly-funded institution and ultimately left its sole Jewish board representative feeling compelled to resign.\u201d He called on Miller \u201cto hold the museum\u2019s leadership accountable and ensure that national institutions are not weaponized against Canadians to serve a one-sided political agenda.\u201d He said the museum consulted with political activists when curating the exhibit, including one who described the Jewish community\u2019s identity as \u201ca disease to be destroyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In a statement cited by CTV News, Miller\u2019s office thanked Berlin for his work as a trustee of CMHR and said he would be replaced. \u201cLike all Canadians, we expect the board of trustees to continue its important work in fulfilling the mission of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to remain representative of the diversity of Canadian voices, as the vacancy is filled in the coming months,\u201d wrote spokeswoman Alisson Levesque.<\/span><\/p>\n CMHR CEO Isha Khan said on Monday the exhibit aims to highlight the lived experiences of Palestinian Canadians and their stories of forced displacement, according to Canada\u2019s CBC News. Khan added that the museum understands Berlin\u2019s concerns but claimed the exhibit has received support from Jewish Canadians. Board chair Benjie Nycum said the museum\u2019s board \u201cremains committed\u201d to the exhibit\u2019s opening.<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Only Jewish Trustee of Canadian Human Rights Museum Resigns Over \u2018One-Sided Nakba\u2019 Exhibit Shiryn Ghermezian Members of Israel\u2019s Arab minority take part in a rally marking the \u201cNakba\u201d or \u201cCatastrophe,\u201d when Palestinians lament the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the Jewish state\u2019s subsequent victory in its war of independence, near the abandoned village of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[33,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131708"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131823,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131708\/revisions\/131823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Members of Israel\u2019s Arab minority take part in a rally marking the \u201cNakba\u201d or \u201cCatastrophe,\u201d when Palestinians lament the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the Jewish state\u2019s subsequent victory in its war of independence, near the abandoned village of Khubbayza, northern Israel, May 9, 2019. Photo: REUTERS\/Ammar Awad.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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