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Israeli textbooks must map Palestinian 'Green Line' [audio 4min @7:45]

Israeli Education Minister Yuli Tamir has ordered that maps in new school textbooks are to include the "Green Line" border between Israel and the West Bank. The so-called Green Line is the border that existed between Israel and the West Bank, prior to the 1967 Six Day War. Today, it represents the border of what the Palestinian Arabs claim as their future state. The decision to depict the Green Line in school books has earned the education minister vigorous criticism from right-wing opposition members and settlers. Dalia Fenig coordinates geography studies in Israel. The CBC reached her in Tel Aviv.
Read entire article at CBC Radio One "As It Happens" Part 3