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Canada Refuses to Seize Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted by Raymond on January 5, 2010

From CBC News:

The Canadian government says it will not act upon a request by the Jordanian government that it seize the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls, now on their last day of display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.Discovered in 1947 by Bedouin tribesmen in caves bordering Israel and Jordan, the 100,000 fragments of ancient religious parchment and papyrus manuscripts have been a source of conflict between Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians — who all claim ownership.

Jordan formally asked Canada to seize the 16 scrolls, which have been on display at the ROM since last June. Jan. 3 is the last day the scrolls will be exhibited.

According to The Globe and Mail, the Canadian government issued a statement at the end of the year in reaction to Jordan’s request saying that “differences regarding ownership of the Dead Sea scrolls should be addressed by Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. It would not be appropriate for Canada to intervene as a third party.”

[Read more at CBC News]

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  • James T.
    Fuck Jordan. The scrolls are Jewish documents which belong to Israel.

    The arabs want to play that, let's kidnap the fucking Kabaa...
  • Anonymous
    I second that... let's kidnap the Kabaa!
  • Synapse
    "Discovered in 1947 by Bedouin tribesmen in caves..." which are not exactly close to Jordan and occurred well within the British mandate of Palestine, which was then quickly sold on the black market by said Bedouins for as much money as they could get, and then was painstakingly reacquired through the black market by Israeli archeologists who hoped the scrolls hadn't been ruined by being chopped up in a bunch of pieces. Considering that they are entirely ancient Jewish sectarian scrolls that mostly record ancient versions of the bible and sectarian texts, the only reason the Jordanians want them is to put them back under wraps.
  • Word Eater
    the only reason the Jordanians want them is to put them back under wraps.

    or to destroy them.
  • Synapse
    Or resell them to Israel... Again...
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