Saudi Textbooks Remove Palestine From Most Maps, Amid Push To Normalize With Israel

"Saudi textbooks have removed the name “Palestine” from most maps where it previously

appeared, a study by an Israeli think-tank said. The study, conducted by the NGO Impact-se, tracks changes in Saudi school textbooks over the past five years, as reflected in the 2023-24 academic year. A reference to Israel as “the Zionist entity” in the 2021 social studies textbook for grades 10-12 was removed in the 2022 edition, and the entire textbook that included a lesson on Arab and Saudi support for the Palestinian cause was discontinued in 2023. The report also documented some alterations in textbooks that now refer to Israel in a less hostile tone." ZH