Canadian Museum for Human Rights faces backlash over anti-Zionist 'Nakba' exhibit

Canada's Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg is embroiled in controversy over plans to open a major exhibit titled "Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present" on June 27. The controversy exists on multiple fronts including that the exhibit is not actually historically accurate, does not meet Canada's own standards and yet it is federally funded, that it is one-sided and risks inciting antisemitism, and undermines the museum's own mandate.

Rev. Don James is the CEO of Bridges for Peace Canada. He's not Jewish but is very close to the Jewish community in Winnipeg where the epicenter of the cont...