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July 24, 2009

Israel Bans “Nakba” References in School Textbooks
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In Israel and the Occupied Territories, the Israeli government has
announced the removal of the Palestinian term “nakba” from textbooks in
Israeli schools. Palestinians refer to Israel’s 1948 war of independence
as the “nakba,” or “catastrophe,” since it caused the expulsion of
hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and left them
without a state. References to the “nakba” in Israeli textbooks were
first allowed only two years ago.



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