The Israeli education ministry recently authorized Arab schools inside the Jewish state to use a history book that includes the Palestinian side of the 1948 War - or Nakba (Catastrophe), as it is called in the Arab world. Speaking on Israeli radio, education minister Yuli Tamir noted: "The Arab public deserves to be allowed to express its feelings."
In an unprecedented move, the education ministry approved a textbook for third-graders referring to the events of 1948 as the "Nakba," stating that Arab citizens were expelled from their homes and became refugees after their lands were confiscated by Israel. The book also emphasizes that Arabs rejected United Nations Resolution 181 calling for the division of the territory between Arabs and Jews, which, it says, the Jews were prepared to accept.
In an unprecedented move, the education ministry approved a textbook for third-graders referring to the events of 1948 as the "Nakba," stating that Arab citizens were expelled from their homes and became refugees after their lands were confiscated by Israel. The book also emphasizes that Arabs rejected United Nations Resolution 181 calling for the division of the territory between Arabs and Jews, which, it says, the Jews were prepared to accept.
Source : Munaeem's Blog