New program in Israel promotes teaching Arabic in Jewish schools - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Afif Abu Much

Afif Abu Much

Aug 29, 2022

An Israeli teacher welcomes pupils wearing protective face masks upon their return to the new school year amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Israel, at Beit Hakerem Israeli elementary school in Jerusalem, Sept. 1, 2021. — An Israeli teacher welcomes pupils wearing protective face masks upon their return to the new school year amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Israel, at Beit Hakerem Israeli elementary school in Jerusalem, Sept. 1, 2021. — Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images

Second grade school children practise their Arabic at the Hand in Hand Arab Jewish bilingual school in Jerusalem December 3, 2014. The Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem presents an almost too-perfect scene in a tense and divided city, where Jews and Arabs do daily business but rarely befriend one other. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION) - GM1EAC31TX701

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