Here’s today’s Aljazeera headline: “National museum aims to preserve Palestinian history.”
So, it’s very fitting that the museum opens…totally empty.
As the Hamas Interior Minister accidentally admitted: There is no such thing as a Palestinian people. “They are just Saudis and Egyptians.”
Irony: The Palestinian Museum of Art, History and Culture opens just outside Birzeit, with absolutely nothing inside….
The museum is actually named the Palestinian Museum, it cost $24 million, and it is scheduled to celebrate its opening today in Birzeit, just outside Ramallah (and Beit El). The building is modern and beautiful, it has an outdoor amphitheater, its garden is terraced – but it has no exhibits….
Interestingly, in light of the refugee question, Article 6 of the above Charter states that “Palestinians are those Arab citizens who were living normally in Palestine up to 1947, whether they remained or were expelled.” This indicates that those who left on their own – the bulk of today’s Palestinian “refugees” – are actually not Palestinians, according to their own charter.
Museum chairman Omar al-Qattan sought to explain that the Palestinians are “so in need of positive energy” that it is worthwhile to open even an empty building. “Symbolically it’s critical,” he told the Times, conceding that the next phase, including the exhibitions, whenever it will happen, “is the more exciting one.”
The museum has no fewer than 3,500 square meters of exhibition and educational space, and is set to focus on the “history and culture of Palestine from 1750 to the present day,” according to its literature. The choice of 1750 is an interesting one, particularly as nothing of note happened in the Holy Land anywhere near that date.
Another fascinating aspect of this story is The New York Times’ explanation of why Palestinian culture is so lacking. Rather than mentioning simply that PA history is basically non-existent, the Timeschose to blame Israel. Its article states that the Palestinians in the Judea and Samaria “have for years struggled to build political and civic institutions while resisting Israel’s occupation of the territory.”….
Related:
TammyBruce.com: CNN Promotes Palestinian Museum As One Of ‘Hottest’ New Openings Of ‘16
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Its first exhibit should be an empty chair.
Maybe with a sign over it that reads; Do you feel lucky, punk?