Anti-Defamation League (ADL) gloats over the cancellation of Gaza children’s art exhibit
source: http://mondoweiss.net/2011/09/adl-gloats-over-the-cancellation-of-gaza-childrens-art-exhibit...
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The anti-free speech hate group the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) joined other Jewish anti-free speech groups to protest an Oakland Museum's Children of Art to feature a Palestinian art exibit.
Similar art exhibits by Iraqi children were not protested by these groups for some reason.
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Earlier this month, the board of Oakland's Museum of Children's Art, MOCHA, abruptly canceled an exhibit of Palestinian children's art that had been six months in the planning. "A Child's View in Gaza" featured drawings and paintings by Palestinian children who were living in Gaza during Israel's three-week bombing and ground invasion that began Dec. 27, 2008.
Pro-Israel lobbying groups claimed that the Gaza exhibit was anti-Israel and fought to kill it. They asserted that the art could not possibly have been created by children . . .
The museum's actions have drawn justifiable condemnations from critics, including progressive Jewish groups who have demanded the museum reverse itself and allow the art work to be shown.
The entire event is troubling that certain individuals have prevented the public from viewing art they don't want us to see. What's to stop other organizations from using the same strong-arm tactics to silence opposing viewpoints?
Similar art exhibits by Iraqi children were not protested by these groups for some reason.
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Earlier this month, the board of Oakland's Museum of Children's Art, MOCHA, abruptly canceled an exhibit of Palestinian children's art that had been six months in the planning. "A Child's View in Gaza" featured drawings and paintings by Palestinian children who were living in Gaza during Israel's three-week bombing and ground invasion that began Dec. 27, 2008.
Pro-Israel lobbying groups claimed that the Gaza exhibit was anti-Israel and fought to kill it. They asserted that the art could not possibly have been created by children . . .
The museum's actions have drawn justifiable condemnations from critics, including progressive Jewish groups who have demanded the museum reverse itself and allow the art work to be shown.
The entire event is troubling that certain individuals have prevented the public from viewing art they don't want us to see. What's to stop other organizations from using the same strong-arm tactics to silence opposing viewpoints?
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