Wiesenthal Center opposes NYC mosque, supports museum on Palestinian graveyard

“Religious freedom does not mean being insensitive...or an idiot,” May said. “Religion is supposed to be beautiful ... Why create pain in the name of religion?” Critics say Meyer should be asking himself the same question. The Wiesenthal Center has provoked outrage by funding the construction of one of its Museums of Tolerance on top of 12th-century Palestinian graves in Jerusalem. More than a dozen families have filed a petition with the UN to stop the construction of the Jerusalem branch of the museum. Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi told Democracy NOW that he has relatives buried on the site. He said Israeli authorities have been "nibbling away" at the cemetery for three decades in an effort to remove it from history. He added that Israeli authorities claimed to have moved the burial remains but no one knows where they were moved to. On Thursday, the city of Jerusalem defended the move, saying the grave sites dating back to the 12th century were built "illegally".
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