Published: 7 February 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Settlement policy is the single most important issue that will shape Israel’s future, and for decades now, Israelis have implicitly acceded to Netanyahu’s determination not to discuss it.
And see:
Israeli high school exams skip questions about occupation – Or Kashti – Haaretz 05.02.17
History and civics graduation examinations have avoided mentioning the Palestinians, with only one question in 15 years about how the Six-Day War has affected Israel. ‘This is not an accidental development but an intentional policy, meant to create a simplistic and one-sided worldview for the students. In this view there is only one player – the Jewish people – while the Palestinians remain behind the curtain and emerge only when they interfere with the efforts for Jewish settlement.’
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