Comments on: Fight Over Arabic and Hebrew Instruction Makes Me Pine for… Fairness http://mondoweiss.net/2008/07/last-week-i-posted-about-a-piece-the-washington-post-published-a-neocon-whippersnappers-attack-on-the-teaching-of-arabic-at.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard Witty http://mondoweiss.net/2008/07/last-week-i-posted-about-a-piece-the-washington-post-published-a-neocon-whippersnappers-attack-on-the-teaching-of-arabic-at.html/comment-page-1#comment-55813 Richard Witty Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/07/25/last-week-i-posted-about-a-piece-the-washington-post-published-a-neocon-whippersnappers-attack-on-the-teaching-of-arabic-at.html#comment-55813 <p>Comparable official business and documents in Israel is presented with an Arabic translation, as is presented in the US with Spanish.</p> <p>If you look at Israeli money, it has Arabic raised print. Road signs are in Hebrew and Arabic, etc.</p> <p>More Jewish Israeli students study Arabic in public schools, than American students study Spanish.</p> <p>Its an example of an area that needs some improvement, not a demonstration of institutionalized racism.</p> <p>The official language of Israel is Hebrew. English in the US is a colonial language, though now the majority.</p> Comparable official business and documents in Israel is presented with an Arabic translation, as is presented in the US with Spanish.

If you look at Israeli money, it has Arabic raised print. Road signs are in Hebrew and Arabic, etc.

More Jewish Israeli students study Arabic in public schools, than American students study Spanish.

Its an example of an area that needs some improvement, not a demonstration of institutionalized racism.

The official language of Israel is Hebrew. English in the US is a colonial language, though now the majority.

]]> By: charles Keating http://mondoweiss.net/2008/07/last-week-i-posted-about-a-piece-the-washington-post-published-a-neocon-whippersnappers-attack-on-the-teaching-of-arabic-at.html/comment-page-1#comment-55814 charles Keating Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/07/25/last-week-i-posted-about-a-piece-the-washington-post-published-a-neocon-whippersnappers-attack-on-the-teaching-of-arabic-at.html#comment-55814 <p>The official language of Israel, Hebrew, is a colonial language also, or where have you been for over 60 years? That English is not the official language of the USA simply points out the difference between the USA and Israel at this juncture in history, considering the hegemony of the USA globally, and the hegemony of Israel in the MIddle East.</p> The official language of Israel, Hebrew, is a colonial language also, or where have you been for over 60 years? That English is not the official language of the USA simply points out the difference between the USA and Israel at this juncture in history, considering the hegemony of the USA globally, and the hegemony of Israel in the MIddle East.

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