New York – Following a report by The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that The Queens Museum has cancelled an event intended to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nation’s 1947 vote for the establishment of the State of Israel, the museum has been widely condemned and is reconsidering its decision to cancel the event.
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In response to the article by the Post, The Queens Museum stated on Wednesday that “the Museum is reconsidering its decision and has reached out to the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations to further discuss the event later today.”
New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind called to stop funding the Queens Museum following the report of the events cancellation. “The State of New York has made it clear that the BDS movement is unacceptable,” said Hikind. “I am calling on members of the NYC Council who have funded the Queens Museum—Council Members Vallone, Grodenchik, Crowley and Koslowitz among them—and Queens Boro President Katz to pull their support of this museum until this blatant anti-Semite Ms. Raicovich is removed.”
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer also condemned the cancellation of the enactment and called on the museum to reverse its decision, saying that it “sends the wrong message to Jewish communities across New York City.” “At a time when we literally have neo-Nazis marching in American streets, when bigotry is on the rise, the Queens Museum has sent a disappointing message to New York City and the world,” the New York City Comptroller added.
Councilman Rory Lancman and State Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz called for the Human Rights Commission to investigate the cancellation of the event. In a joint statement they said, “It is a clear example of anti-Semitism, and we will not stand for it. We demand the Queens Museum board reinstate this important ceremony,” calling the cancellation a, “disgrace and a violation of law.”
“While the Queens Museum has specific policies regarding space rentals, given the history of the building in which the Queens Museum is located, the Museum is reconsidering its decision and has reached out to the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations to further discuss the event later today.”
The event, initiated by Israel’s Ambassador Danny Danon, was intended to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the historic vote in its original place: the main gallery of the museum, which hosted the UN General Assembly back then.
Preparations for the event had begun, but as news outlets, including The Jerusalem Post, made the plans public, the same museum official begun expressing concerns about feedback received from “Palestinian friends of the museum.” After weeks with no communication with the Israeli Mission, the President and Executive Director Laura Raicovich notified Danny Danon this week, that she was reversing the decision. In her note, Raicovich cited a board decision not to hold a “political event.”
This just shows the hypocrisy of all the left BDS supporters. They are supposedly supporting a two state solution yet are against this UN resolution which was exactly that. The UN resolution was for partition, a two state solution.
Too bad for the pali murderers that they could not accep that then and too bad they they still are unable to accept Israel on any land. They want from the sea to the river. The difference between the “moderates” and the extremists is that the moderates don’t say it in English..
Jewish politicians in NY, and pressure by Jewish voters will hopefully reverse this decision or at least make it painful for the Museum and the Museum Directors.
This should never have been a question. The Museum probably receives Money from the state and it would probably have lost it if the Governor had pressured them! It was a stupid move on their part!!
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