Friday, October 31, 2008

THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE in Jerusalem has gotten the go-ahead from the Israeli Supreme Court:
Israeli court clears way for Jerusalem museum

By STEVE WEIZMAN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, October 29, 2008; 3:37 PM

JERUSALEM -- Plans for a Jerusalem museum dedicated to tolerance and coexistence got the final go-ahead Wednesday from Israel's Supreme Court, which rejected an appeal by Muslims who complained the site covers part of an ancient Muslim cemetery.

The judges ruled they would not block construction since no objections had been lodged in 1960 when the city put a parking lot over a small section of the graveyard.

The Museum of Tolerance is intended to bring the city's warring tribes together. But the planning alone sparked a fight with political, religious and historical dimensions between Muslims and Jews.

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Background here.