By Or Kashti, Haaretz – 11 Oct 2010
www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/pa-adopts-textbook-banned-in-israel-offering-both-sides-narratives-1.318307
Palestinian Education Ministry’s adoption of book marks first time Israeli position is presented to West Bank schoolchildren
The Palestinian Authority’s Education Ministry approved the use of a history textbook that offers the central narratives of both Palestinians and the Zionist movement, marking the first time that the accepted Israeli position is being presented to schoolchildren in the West Bank.
The textbook, which has been banned from use by the Israeli Education Ministry, is the result of a joint Israeli-Palestinian-Swedish collaboration to promote coexistence through education. It will be taught in two high schools near Jericho, the Palestinian Education Ministry said.
Next week, the Education Ministry is scheduled to summon the principal of a Sderot area high school for “clarification” after he had permitted the use of the textbook by students in a special supplementary educational course.
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