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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Israel bans mention of 1948 Nakba [Catastrophe] from textbooks

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The Israeli government has decided to ban the use of the Arabic term Nakba (“Catastrophe”) to describe the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 at during the war that saw the creation of Israel.

Palestinians use the term to describe the mass ethnic cleansing of 1948, when, according to United Nations figures, more than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes in the areas on which Zionist Jews eventually declared the state of Israel.

The Israeli Education Ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The term is not used in textbooks in schools in predominantly Jewish areas, but is used in one text used in areas with high Arab-Palestinian populations.... Full story

More info on 1947-49 war
at 7/23/2009 10:14:00 AM