Fmr. British amb. to UN accuses Tony Blair of asking PA to remove 'Palestine' from textbooks
Middle East2 sources2 countries🔦 Under-reported24m ago
Former British ambassador to the United Nations has accused former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair of urging the Palestinian Authority to remove the word "Palestine" from school textbooks. According to the reports, Blair was recently tasked by Donald Trump's Board of Peace to travel to Ramallah with the request.
The initiative involved asking Palestinian educational authorities to replace mentions of "Palestine" in their curriculum with alternative terminology.
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Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel) (IL)Directly attributes the accusation to the former UN ambassador using a formal statement format.
Middle East Eye (GB)Frames the report as an exclusive, adding specific details about replacing the word with Jewish terminology.
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