rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/defend-cmhr?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-defend-cmhr' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Independent Jewish Voices Canada https://actionnetwork.org/groups/ijv-vji-canada https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/792/163/normal/statement_%E2%80%93_22_july_2026.png The Canadian Museum for Human Rights recently opened Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present, an exhibition examining Palestinian history, culture, displacement and lived experience. The exhibition offers Canadians an important opportunity to learn about the Nakba and its continuing impact on Palestinians in Canada and around the world. Since its opening, the museum and its leadership have faced organized campaigns demanding political intervention, public condemnation and institutional consequences. Elected officials, including Minister of Canadian Heritage Marc Miller, have also commented on the exhibition’s content, which has raised serious concerns about political pressure on a publicly funded museum and the independence of its curators, researchers, advisors, and staff. People have every right to debate or criticize an exhibition. But politicians and pressure groups should not decide which histories Canadians are permitted to encounter or pressure museums to alter, discredit or distance themselves from professionally curated work. This issue extends beyond one exhibition. Public museums must be able to present difficult and contested histories honestly, thoughtfully and according to evidence and professional standards. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/defend-cmhr