Email: right2edu@birzeit.edu | Phone: 0097(0)2-298-2059
WORD ‘NAKBA’ TAKEN OUT OF ARAB CHILDREN’S TEXTBOOKS, 1948 NO CATASTROPHE SAYS ISRAEL
Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar briefed the cabinet on plans for the start of the school year, and announced that the word “nakba” will be taken out of lesson plans.
“It can be said with certainty that Arab Israelis experienced a tragedy in the war, but there will be no use of the word ‘nakba,’ whose meaning is similar to holocaust in this context,” said Sa’ar. “The education system in the Arab sector will revise its studies about the homeland, geography, and society in elementary schools.” (Roni Sofer)
More Articles
Prison Playground: the effects of...
By arresting children who should be in school,...
Related Posts
-
Under Israeli blockade of Gaza, books are a rare, cherished...
Israel does not explicitly ban importing books to Gaza, but the blockade makes it extraordinarily difficult to do so. The shortage amounts to a kind of censorship, Gazans say.
-
Prison Playground: the effects of detention upon children
By arresting children who should be in school, Israel systematically thwarts progress in Palestine.
-
British academics urge Elton John to cancel Israel concert
A group of British academics have called on singer Elton John to cancel his scheduled performance in Israel this June. In the letter, the group urged John to read the Goldstone Commission's...
Story of The Day
