- The Jerusalem municipality prepares to launch next week, as the school year begins, a new curriculum called “Ahalan” to teach schoolchildren in Jewish schools in the city spoken Arabic.
- This is a city that is on paper united but in actuality has never been; there is a disconnect between the east of the city and the west, and tension between Jewish and Arab residents is always present and can blow up at any given moment.
- The understanding is that it is important to know the language of “the other” since it is an important tool to break down walls between the populations and create an atmosphere of a shared life.
<span>New program in Israel promotes teaching Arabic in Jewish schools</span>
