In case you haven't been following, "The planned museum has been a source of controversy in recent years because it is being built on what was once a part of a Muslim cemetery. Arab leaders in Israel sued to halt the museum after bones were unearthed from the site, with some calling the project a form of religious and ethnic oppression." Gehry dropped the project a while back. Now, despite the charged political landscape, this is what to expect for now.
In case you haven't been following, "The planned museum has been a source of controversy in recent years because it is being built on what was once a part of a Muslim cemetery. Arab leaders in Israel sued to halt the museum after bones were unearthed from the site, with some calling the project a form of religious and ethnic oppression." Gehry dropped the project a while back. Now, despite the charged political landscape, this is what to expect for now. LATimes | Previously...
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i can't believe it all came down to money! maybe the israeli architectural firm has better connections to IDF??? what?? arrogance and hollywood money has any tolerance? the whole world is siding with palestinian outcry against the museum. i really like to know what was the real reason gehry stepped out. will he ever say?
His political views might be surmised from his statements regarding the Ariel settlement actor's boycott controversy:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/frank-gehry-daniel-barenboim-join-ariel-boycott-campaign-1.315011
I need to repost this article by Dan Lieberman "Why Jerusalem? Israel’s Hidden Agenda" which explains the whole concept behind the Museum in the larger view of things. You will understand this whole controversy better upon reading this article.
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