A newly announced permanent exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg is being met with heightened concern from Jewish groups.

“The Museum has allowed itself to become the tool, or dupe, of only one side of the story and thereby betrays its duty as a national institution to provide a common and inclusive meeting and educational space on the matter of human rights,” says Winnipeg lawyer, businessman and trustee at the Asper Foundation, David Asper, whose family led the museum’s founding in 2014.

Entitled “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present,” it is set to open in June 2026 focusing on the experiences of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and the creation of Israel.

According to the United Nations , “Nakba” means “catastrophe” in Arabic and “refers to

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