No more "nakba" in Arab textbooks in Israel...

Israel's education ministry is to drop from an Arabic language textbook a term describing the creation of the state of Israel as "the catastrophe".

The Arabic word "nakba" has been used with Israeli-Arab pupils since 2007. It does not appear in Hebrew textbooks. 

Education Minister Gideon Saar said no state could be expected to portray its own foundation as a catastrophe. 

Israeli Arab MP Hana Sweid called the move an attack on Palestinian identity and collective memory. More...

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