Ministry for Diaspora Affairs | September 2024

Part C

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"Jerusalem is an Arab city built by our Arab ancestors thousands of years ago. Jerusalem is a holy city for Muslims and Christians.”

From “National and Social Nurturing,” Grade 3, Part A

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The Hebrew language is also erased from a British Mandate coin included in a mathematics textbook, Grade 6, Part B. See below the original coin:

Demonization

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Textbooks contain no positive information about Israel or Jews. They are depicted as embodiments of absolute evil. An essential part of this demonization is the emphasis on acts of massacre by the Jews. Here are excerpts from “A Letter from a Palestinian Girl to the Children of the World”: “Since I was born, they have killed my childhood. They tore my doll to pieces, and I hid it in my heart. Since I was born, the whistle of bullets has pierced my ears, and darkness has covered everything around me…

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