Israeli organisation threatens legal action against Canadian Museum for Human Rights over Palestine exhibition

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been threatened with legal action by the Tel Aviv-based pro-Israel advocacy group Shurat Hadin over its planned exhibition on the Nakba, the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Shurat Hadin said on 15 May that it sent a legal letter urging the museum to pause the show for an “independent legal and scholarly review,” alleging the exhibition presents a politically one-sided narrative that could fuel antisemitism and violate Canadian federal law. The exhibition, titled “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present,” is scheduled to open on 27 June, and the CMHR said it is reviewing the letter but declined further comment. Shurat Hadin president Nitsana Darshan-Leitner argued that publicly funded institutions must address contested history with “fairness” and “balance.”

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