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Kevin Klein: Human rights museum can no longer avoid questions over Nakba exhibit

Internal documents obtained by National Post and Winnipeg Sun plus legal action now underway will make full transparency unavoidable

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WINNIPEG, Man. — A leading Israeli legal organization is preparing to seek a court injunction to stop the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ (CMHR’s) planned Nakba exhibit. Correspondence received this week from Joshua Z. Lavine of the Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center says the centre “is filing an injunction soon.”

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The legal step comes after internal emails obtained by the National Post revealed co-ordination between officials at the Winnipeg museum and a representative of the Palestinian Authority on the exhibit’s content and progress.

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In an email dated Dec. 5, 2024, Ramsey Zeid, president of the Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba and a member of the museum’s Palestinian Content Advisory Network, wrote to CMHR Vice-President of Exhibitions, Matthew Cutler, and CEO Isha Khan. He said Palestinian........

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