Replacing Israel with "Palestine" more important than education:
PA daily cartoon by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik The
idea of a "Palestine" that replaces Israel is more important to
Palestinian children than education. That was the message of a
cartoon in the official PA daily newspaper last week. A second
message in the cartoon was that Palestinian youth are prepared
to use violence. [Text in teacher's book: "a, b, c, d, e, f ...
p, q r, s, t..." Text in child's mind: "[Map of Palestine
covering Israel] a, b, c..." Note that Arabic is read from right
to left.] [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 19, 2010] The cartoon shows
a teacher teaching a Palestinian child the letters of the
alphabet. However, the text in the child's mind shows that he
visualizes the map of "Palestine" replacing all of Israel before
he starts learning the alphabet. The cartoon also carries a
message of violence, as the child's pencil is shaped as a
slingshot with a stone next to it. Palestinian Media Watch has
documented that during th