Saudi Arabia Removes Anti-Israel Content from High School Textbooks
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Saudi Arabia has revised its high school textbooks to remove anti-Israel language, prompting US praise and speculation about improved ties with Israel.
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- Saudi Arabia removed anti-Israel phrases from 11th-grade Arabic textbooks.
- The phrase 'Muslims will never give up Jerusalem' was deleted.
- 'Zionist enemy' was replaced with 'Israeli occupation' in the textbooks.
- Yehuda Kaploun thanked Saudi Arabia for the educational changes.
- The revisions fuel speculation about possible normalization with Israel.
Yehuda Kaploun, the US President's envoy for combating antisemitism, expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for revising its educational curriculum to remove problematic content. According to a report by the organization Impact-se, Saudi Arabia eliminated a statement from an 11th-grade Arabic textbook that read "Muslims will never give up Jerusalem." Additionally, the phrase "Zionist enemy" was replaced with "Israeli occupation." This change has sparked speculation about a potential warming of relations and progress toward normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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