The Holocaust was one of the defining events of the 20th century, at least in the West.

Images of millions of Jews systematically murdered in Nazi extermination camps

stand as a symbol of pure evil in Western consciousness.

The Holocaust has contributed to defining the sense of identity and political views of generations

in Israel and elsewhere.

And it's carried in its wake two key issues that still blight relations between Israelis and Arabs today.

The charge that Arabs deny or downplay the Holocaust

and the accusation that Israelis failed to acknowledge the suffering

experienced by Palestinians who became refugees

when Israel declared independence.

They are coming to our home and arrest him at the mid of the night. And he used to say, we are not the Germans, that they are behaving to us like this.

Many Israelis are deeply traumatized by the Holocaust.

Still, we just view it as this giant ocean of unresolved suffering, and it contributes to the

situations today. I'm Mike Waldridge, and this is the documentary from the BBC World Service.

In this edition of Heart and Soul, I'll be hearing the story of one man who 20 years ago

took it into his own hands to challenge both of those issues,

by educating his fellow Arabs about the Holocaust,

and by reminding Jewish Israelis of the suffering of his own Palestinian people.

I put that pictures, put it in the exhibition,

and I declared this is a Holocaust museum.

They were shocked what an Arab, Palestinian, make a Holocaust museum.

In this episode of The Right Thing, which explores acute dilemmas faced by individuals,

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