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Jerusalem museum’s Islamic art sale halted amid Israeli political pressure

The museum had hoped to raise around $9.8 million by selling over 200 items through Sotheby’s auction house in London
Reuven Rivlin said the collection has a “greater worth and significance than their monetary value,” and said he opposes “the sale of these cultural assets from the region as a whole”

By Arab News · 27 October 2020