Friday, April 10, 2009

MORE ON PALESTINIAN OBJECTIONS to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum:
Tories mum in dispute on Dead Sea Scrolls

Apr 10, 2009 04:30 AM (Toronto Star)
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The Conservative government is staying mum on a letter from senior Palestinian officials opposing a planned exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Royal Ontario Museum.

A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon declined to comment yesterday on accusations that the six-month exhibit, set to begin in June and organized in co-operation with the Israel Antiquities Authority, violates at least four international conventions or protocols on the treatment of cultural goods that were illegally obtained.

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