Delegitimizing Israel in Our Classrooms

[OldSchool2]

from The American Spectator:

"The New York Times Upfront magazine, distributed by paid subscription to approximately 1 million American 8^th to 12^thgraders, recently included an article, 'How the Middle East Got that Way.' Author Joseph Berger, former Times reporter, blames the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 for the current mess in the Middle East.

"In his view, 'a century ago, two diplomats carved out lines on the Middle East map, creating new nations and sowing the seeds for much of the strife in the region today...'"

http://spectator.org/delegitimizing-israel-in-our-classrooms/

[OldSchool2]

"... Neither the article nor the teacher’s guide or handouts mention the 3,000-year historical connection of the Jews to the area, the continuous Jewish presence in this land, the Jewish immigration to their historic homeland in the late 19^th and early 20^th century or the promise made to the Jews for a national homeland in Palestine in the 1917 Balfour Declaration. Also lacking is information about the 1922 League of Nations’ Mandate for Palestine to create a Jewish national home in today’s Israel, the 'West Bank' and Sinai and the UN’s assumption of that international legal commitment.

"The article’s failure to provide historical and legal context for the Jewish presence in the Middle East and the establishment of the Jewish state delegitimizes the creation of Israel. The Jews are made to look like foreign colonialists taking Arab land — the false narrative promoted by Arabs and Western progressives."