French Jews accused Doctors Without Borders of glorifying Palestinian terrorism in a photo exhibition in Paris that opened with municipal assistance.
Titled “In Between Wars,” the medical group’s exhibition on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict opened Dec. 23 at the Maison des Metallos, a cultural space that is funded by the local government.
However, Roger Cukierman, president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, had asked the municipality of Paris to deny its facilities for the exhibit.
According to the exhibit’s text, the Israeli-Palestinian dispute began with Zionism’s “goal of creating a Jewish state in Palestine.” One photo shows the Arabic-language poster of a Palestinian terrorist who died in an attack on Israelis; he is described as a martyr.
The exhibition also focuses on Doctors Without Borders’ work in Gaza following Israeli strikes. It mentions neither Hamas’ targeting of Israeli civilians nor the terrorist group’s use of Gaza medical facilities to fire rockets on southern Israel. — jta