Okay. I got all enraged and incensed about this blatant cancelation of Israel until I got the facts.
And then I changed my mind.
As explained, this is a map of Arabic speaking countries in a class on Arabic culture.. Despite being visible on the map, Greece is not recognized. Italy is not mentioned. Even Turkey is MIA. Yes, some people spe…
Okay. I got all enraged and incensed about this blatant cancelation of Israel until I got the facts.
And then I changed my mind.
As explained, this is a map of Arabic speaking countries in a class on Arabic culture.. Despite being visible on the map, Greece is not recognized. Italy is not mentioned. Even Turkey is MIA. Yes, some people speak Arabic in Israel but I don’t think the majority of Israeli’s would call themselves “an Arabic country”. The correct answer on Jeopardy would be “what is Hebrew?”
Now my thinking goes to criticism of the author, Francesca Block, for trying to gin up outrage by leaving out a basic fact. Shoddy journalism. It cheapens an otherwise informative article.
There are plenty of outrageous incidence of politicization of children without needing to invent one.
I happen to have written a couple of posts that are tangentially related to education on Israel Hamas.
Okay. I got all enraged and incensed about this blatant cancelation of Israel until I got the facts.
And then I changed my mind.
As explained, this is a map of Arabic speaking countries in a class on Arabic culture.. Despite being visible on the map, Greece is not recognized. Italy is not mentioned. Even Turkey is MIA. Yes, some people speak Arabic in Israel but I don’t think the majority of Israeli’s would call themselves “an Arabic country”. The correct answer on Jeopardy would be “what is Hebrew?”
Now my thinking goes to criticism of the author, Francesca Block, for trying to gin up outrage by leaving out a basic fact. Shoddy journalism. It cheapens an otherwise informative article.
There are plenty of outrageous incidence of politicization of children without needing to invent one.
I happen to have written a couple of posts that are tangentially related to education on Israel Hamas.
https://fromtheboulevard.substack.com/p/the-innocent-civilians-of-gaza
https://fromtheboulevard.substack.com/p/name-a-king-of-palestine