ReportMiddle East | Israel

Review of Arabs and Palestinians in Israeli Textbooks

This IMPACT-se report offers an insight into major themes relating to Arabs and Palestinians in government-approved, Hebrew-language Israeli school textbooks covering civics, geography, Hebrew studies, history, homeland, society and civics, Israel studies, Jewish thought, and...

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AnalysisMiddle East | Israel

A Look at Gender Representation and LGBT-Inclusive Education in Israeli Textbooks

This analysis on LGBT education in Israel examines two of the nine areas IMPACT-se reviews during textbook analysis — ‘Gender Identity and Representation,’ and ‘Sexual Orientation.’ The teaching of LGBT materials is afforded lesser importance...

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ReportMiddle East | Israel

Arab Education in Israel: A National Minority Curriculum

IMPACT-se has released a report on the Arab National Minority Curriculum in Israel, which includes Arab Muslim and Christian, Druze, Bedouin, and Circassian curricula. The report analyzes 108 textbooks across grades 1-12. Israel’s Arab Education...

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BriefMiddle East | Israel

Arabic-Learning ‘Madrasa’ App Developed by Technion Students

Students from the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion recently developed a voice-recognition app for the “Madrasa” project to help people learn Arabic. Part of the Madrasa project—which advocates for...

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ReportMiddle East | Israel

Peace and Conflict in Israel State-Approved Textbooks: 2000–2018

The article describes the peace and conflict educational approaches found in the Jewish-Israeli curricula between the years 2000–2017, and extracts the dominant themes and messages towards Muslim, Arab and Palestinian “others.” The study follows 123...

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