An Arab's Holocaust museum

OK, this is a second hand story, but I could not resist sharing it with you. A Swiss friend of mine met this incredible guy, a muslim, Arab-Israeli, who opened up a Holocaust museum in Nazareth in 2005 and in Ni'lin in the West Bank this year.

Hi name is Khaled Kasab Mahameed and he defies the norm. He believes that teaching Arabs about the Holocaust is vital to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict. He regularly goes to the West Bank to educate Palestinians about the Holocaust.

He is criticised by both sides. By the Arab side for focusing on the suffering of the Jews and abandoning the suffering of the Palestinians. And by the Jewish side for making links between the Holocaust and the suffering of the Palestinian people.

I have not met him yet, so it is too early to judge, but it sounds like an important initiative. Another building block to peace.

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