Norwegian church hosts photo exhibition saying Palestinians are 'crucified daily'

• Published date: 25 September 2021
• Author: CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The exhibition, which has prompted protest by the country's Jewish community and a pro-Israel group, is part of Church Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, an annual event that takes place in various locales in Norway and in the past has featured calls to boycott Israel.

"The 'Church Week' has been problematic with its one sidedness and demonization of one party," Ervin Kohn, the head of the Jewish Community in Oslo, wrote on Facebook Thursday. "This year's event is sinking even lower," he added.

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The description of the exhibition is the "most problematic" because it evokes a centuries-old form of Christian antisemitism that blames Jews for the death of Jesus, he added.

The West Bank has divine "protection," the exhibition text states. "Not least, this becomes clear when we look at the people. Those who live with daily 'crucifixions', but who still stay," reads the organizers' text on the exhibition, which began on Sept. 9 and will end Sunday.

The 2015 Church Week...