Reuters reports it. So does Israel Hayom:
The Nakba is leaving the education system: Education Minister Gidon Saar decided yesterday to cancel the subject of the Nakba in the Arab sector. The Nakba is the description used by the Palestinians for Israel’s victory in the War of Independence, and literally means “catastrophe.
The topic was studied until today as part of the geography subject, after a decision made on the matter during the period of Limor Livnat, and was officially introduced into textbooks during the term of the previous education minister, Yuli Tamir. “There is no reason for the official curriculum of the State of Israel to present the state’s establishment as a Holocaust or catastrophe,” Saar said yesterday. “The education system is not supposed to contribute to processes of delegitimizing the state, which heighten the processes of extremism in the Arab sector. In particular, there are no reasons to legitimize this concept for teaching eight-year olds.”
Ha! Maybe it left the school curriculum because of Arab radio broadcasts ordering it to leave.
Israel is getting more and more transparent about its undemocratic ways.
From the Reuter’s article, notice that the term WAS NOT used in Jewish school textbooks.
The Nabka versus Independence day is the center of a conflict on video about an Jewish & Muslim Israeli school I discovered on Shafiq’s blog here:
Bride over Wadi
Most will have heard about the school project. But I highly recommend the video. It is very well done.
The title of this post just made me laugh out loud in a library.
James Loewen has a great book, “Lies My Teacher Told Me.” Maybe an Israeli edition is called for.
I am a fan of Phil’s subliminal to completely unvarnished humor. The headlines are a very special and interesting field for the more creative expressions. That’s why they are under careful surveillance. Make no mistakes about that.
The mass media keeps describing the Nakba as strictly being about the creation of Israel. No mention of the Deir Yassin Massacre, and the driving out of Palestinian villagers by the Irgun . Pretty sure the invasion/displacement/genocide is what Catastrophe refers to (and not, as seems to be the angle, that Palestinians feared that Jews would drive the property values down).
What’s new? Omissions and mendacity are the staple of Jewish versions of history: The Lies of Yiddish Studies.
You know, if you keep citing your own articles, you’ll go blind. Or grow hair on your palms, I forget which.
Presumably you are speaking from experience, Thom?
Reminds me of Ahmadinejad denying the Holocaust. It’s the same mentality, basically.