Talk:Israeli textbooks
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[edit] NPOV dispute
The first paragraph is taken verbatim from the Palestinian textbooks Wikipedia entry, but reversed to claim the opposite; rather than the original claim that Palestinian textbooks are accused of instilling anti-Semitic attitudes or inciting Palestinians to commit violence or terrorism, this author made the opposite claim that Israeli textbooks are accused of instilling anti-Arabic attitudes or inciting Israelis to commit violence or terrorism. Certainly taking text from another wikipedia article and claiming the exact opposite would require at least a reference.
The body of the page is about an article which was published by a Tel Aviv University professor entitled "The Arab Image in Hebrew School Textbooks". The article, by the way, is not referenced directly, but rather references #1 #2 and #3 are articles that themselves pick quotes out of. So the pieces that were able to be found of this original article come with the biases of the authors of the articles that are here referenced.
This article that is quoted from is certainly being given undue weight, in that academic articles exist that give well rounded views of how Israeli textbooks portray Palestinians and Arabs. These include:
- "How Israeli Textbooks Portray the Arab-Israeli Conflict" by Elie Podeh, published by Indiana University Press in March, 2000[1]
- "Arabs and Palestinians in Israeli Textbooks" a 136 page report from 2000[2] and a 56 page update from 2002[3] by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace
It seems this article was thrown together as a response to the Palestinian textbooks article, and the author searched for and found an article that supported his claim. He neglected to do any research beyond what he wanted to prove as a response to the other Wikipedia article.
Jasonld81 03:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- Feel free to improve the article. // Liftarn
