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Heritage Minister Questions Wording in Palestinian Exhibit at Canadian Museum
Federal Heritage Minister Marc Miller said the new exhibit on Palestinian displacement should have identified Hamas as a terrorist organization. NDP Leader Avi Lewis accused Miller of breaking a promise against intervening in museum curation.
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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg opened the exhibit Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present to the public on Saturday, Cbc reported. The display focuses on the forcible displacement of about 750,000 Palestinians from the region during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Federal Heritage Minister Marc Miller stated that it is regrettable the exhibit does not identify Hamas as a terrorist organization or mention that the 2023 attack by Hamas was aimed at killing Jews, Cbc reported.
Miller said Palestinian displacement and refugee experience deserve a place in public education and discourse but added that Canadians expect national museums to pursue the highest standards of research, outreach and sensitivity when developing programming.
Miller directed concerns about any exhibits to the museum's CEO and board of trustees. Federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis said Miller was wrong to call on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to change the wording in the exhibit, Cbc reported.
Lewis said Miller is going against his own promise not to intervene in how the Crown corporation curates its exhibits. The Conservatives have called the exhibit one-sided propaganda that lacks context.
