{"id":4112,"date":"2012-07-11T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:52:17","slug":"epalestine-book-palestine-in-israeli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2012\/07\/epalestine-book-palestine-in-israeli\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friends,\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I just got back from one of the most powerful and informative presentations I’ve ever attended. Israeli Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan presented her book: Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education<\/em><\/strong> ( <\/span> <\/span> Bookshop.org Link<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a> ).\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I actually posted in Dec 2011 a talk by her: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/ePalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2011\/12\/epalestine-palestine-in-israeli-school.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n

If you are Jewish and ignore this book, then you willingly choose not to know!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking truth to power, effectively,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sam\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

P.S. If you read Arabic and want to see the Palestinian textbooks, all the books for all the grades are online at: <\/span> <\/span> https:\/\/pal4dream.net\/mnahej\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n

P.P.S. Thanks to Kathy Bergen and the <\/span> <\/span> Friends International Center in Ramallah (FICR)<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a> \u00a0for hosting this and so many other outstanding events this summer. Also, thanks to the amazing Israeli journalist Amira Hass for moderating tonight’s discussion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear friends,\u00a0 I just got back from one of the most powerful and informative presentations I’ve ever attended. Israeli Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan presented her book: Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education ( Bookshop.org Link ).\u00a0 I actually posted in Dec 2011 a talk by her: https:\/\/ePalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2011\/12\/epalestine-palestine-in-israeli-school.html If you are Jewish and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[535],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-4112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amira-hass"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10382,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112\/revisions\/10382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4112"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}