'One-sided' exhibit on displaced Palestinians sparks resignation of human rights museum board member

6 hours ago by ValueSubtracted to c/canada

i_stole_ur_taco 26 points 6 hours ago

Trustee that’s complaining about an exhibit about displaced Palestinians is a professor at McGill - Canada’s favourite Zionist university.

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Canconda 21 points 6 hours ago

The context:

The Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Before the Nakba, Palestine was a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society. However, the conflict between Arabs and Jews intensified in the 1930s with the increase of Jewish immigration, driven by persecution in Europe, and with the Zionist movement aiming to establish a Jewish state in Palestine.

In November 1947, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution partitioning Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab, with Jerusalem under a UN administration. The Arab world rejected the plan, arguing that it was unfair and violated the UN Charter. Jewish militias launched attacks against Palestinian villages, forcing thousands to flee. The situation escalated into a full-blown war in 1948, with the end of the British Mandate and the departure of British forces, the declaration of independence of the State of Israel and the entry of neighbouring Arab armies. The newly established Israeli forces launched a major offensive. The result of the war was the permanent displacement of more than half of the Palestinian population.

https://www.un.org/unispal/about-the-nakba/

Ya Mark Berlin is a fuckin idiot.

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avidamoeba 15 points 5 hours ago

Pro-Israeli Canadians should keep complaining about the exhibit. More Canadians would get to look up the Nakba or visit the exhibit.

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ILikeBoobies 12 points 6 hours ago

the exhibit fails to explain that Arab states fought those who ultimately established the State of Israel in 1948 and then expelled Jews to Israel.

Relevance?

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Rat_in_a_hat 5 points 6 hours ago

Good-fucking-riddance

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corbindallas 4 points 5 hours ago

Dear Mark Berlin.

Eat your own dick

Then catch cancer.

You genocidal fuckboy

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