Why the government of Israel doesn't want you to know Arabic

I must admit that I'm not rushing to sign my kids up for Arabic lessons, but it didn't really occur to me that this is why the government of Israel is cutting back on teaching Arabic to Jewish public school kids.


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practice, though, [Education Minister Shai Piron] doesn't want us to learn Arabic. He wants Arabic
studies to last no longer than three years so that he could slash the