Israel plans to build ‘museum of tolerance’ on Muslim graves

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Skeletons are being removed from the site of an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem to make way for a $150m (£86m) “museum of tolerance” being built for the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre.

Palestinians have launched a legal battle to stop the work at what was the city’s main Muslim cemetery. The work is to prepare for the construction of a museum which seeks the promotion of “unity and respect among Jews and between people of all faiths”.

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I find this a bit... strange... promote tolerance by desecrating a grave yard?

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100man — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 - 02:24

We were just talking about this on another thread. I agree that Muslims should be fully consulted if a burial ground is involved, although I am not sure we are getting the whole picture about consultations.

Having said which please allow me to cut and paste a roundup from my earlier comment:

[quote="I"]Today Israel asked India to liaise with Hamas, and the EU asked Iran to stop funding Palestinian terrorism. Meanwhile in Jericho Abu Mazen released 26 Islamic Jihad operatives and another 30 convicted terrorists, Fatah operatives kidnapped an Egyptian ambassador, this morning Palestinians spent two hours fruitlessly flinging grenades at the Erez crossing, later two Palestinians attempted to plant a bomb on the Erez crossing and were shot dead. Hamas is firing Qassam missiles daily now, yesterday they hit a kibbutz and a power station, today missiles landed harmlessly in the Negev desert. Also yesterday Palestinians in Hebron stormed the International Observers' building ostensibly over the Danish cartoons, forcing them to leave. I'm sure they were just distraught. Hamas' Mahmoud al Zahar wrote "Israel is an illegal entity, and no amount of pressure can force us to recognize its right to exist... the western countries can take their aid and go to hell.”[/quote]

fwiw I sent an e-mail to the museum people.

*DUST* — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 - 05:54

i was gonna ask in the other thread:
[quote="100man"]Hamas' Mahmoud al Zahar wrote "Israel is an illegal entity, and no amount of pressure can force us to recognize its right to exist... the western countries can take their aid and go to hell.”[/quote]
when/where did he write that?