Philthy-Delphia: Washington has been trying to dump Israel for a while now, maybe they figured if it;s not on the map,IT'S GONE

Friday, January 2, 2015

Washington has been trying to dump Israel for a while now, maybe they figured if it;s not on the map,IT'S GONE

HarperCollins omits Israel from maps for Mideast schools, citing ‘local preferences’ bing.com/news

Terrence McCoy January 2 at 5:47 AM

Where's Israel? (Courtesy of the Tablet.)

Well, that didn’t go over well.
For months, publishing giant HarperCollins has been selling an atlas it says was “developed specifically for schools in the Middle East.” It trumpets the work as providing students an “in-depth coverage of the region and its issues.” Its stated goals include helping kids understand the “relationship between the social and physical environment, the region’s challenges [and] its socio-economic development.”
Nice goals. But there’s one problem: Israel is missing.

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