Japan should not allow a Palestinian exhibit to tour the country, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said. “Shaheed 100” is a collection of artifacts, photos and recollections memorializing the first 100 “martyrs” — as Palestinians call those killed fighting Israel — of the current intifada. The exhibit opened Aug. 1 in Tokyo and is slated to travel around the country.
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