It’s official: Nakba is removed from the curriculum in occupied Palestine

Marcy Newman, body on the line

 

August 30, 2009 here is the latest news from the Zionist terrorist colonist regime: Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar briefed the cabinet on plans for the start of the school year, and announced that the word "nakba" will be taken out of lesson plans. "It can be said with certainty that Arab Israelis experienced a tragedy in the war, but there will be no use of the word 'nakba,’ whose meaning is similar to holocaust in this context," said Sa’ar. "The education system in the Arab sector will revise its studies about the homeland, geography, and society in elementary schools." interestingly, Palestinian refugees are asking unrwa to remove material about the nazi holocaust from the Palestinian curriculum in their schools: A group of refugee camp committees in the Gaza Strip wants the United Nations to remove history of the Jewish Holocaust from its classroom curriculum. According to a letter sent to UNRWA director John Ging, the committees urged the refugee agency to scrap its program because mention of the genocide "confirms the Holocaust and raises sympathy for Jews." UNRWA did not immediately return calls seeking comment.