Israeli Palestinian conflict

	Following are maps of “Palestine” in which the “green line” is marked: a map appearing in a book published by the PA's “Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics” (map A) and a map from an official Palestinian third grade textbook (map B). In addition, attached are examples of Israel being ignored in Palestinian textbooks.

	The maps are characterized by the following:
		There is no mention of Israel's name although the “green line” is marked. The map issued by the Bureau of Statistics distinctly shows Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt neighboring “Palestine” but there is no mention of Israel at all. The textbook map does not feature the names of the states neighboring Palestine.

		The cities appearing in the area west of the “green line” include no trace of any predominantly Jewish-Israeli cities such as those established by the Zionist Movement and the State of Israel: Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Rishon Le'Zion, Natanya, Hadera, Holon, Bat Yam, Eilat, etc. This characteristic is recurrent in most of the maps disseminated throughout the PA areas.

		The cities mentioned in Israeli territory west of the “green line” are those that up until 1948 were distinctly Arab-Palestinian (namely Acre, Nazareth, Beit She'an, Lod, Ramla, Jaffa, Beersheba) or cities that have a mixed Jewish-Arabic population. This characteristic recurs in most of the maps distributed in the PA areas

		Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and its outskirts appear on the map of the Bureau of Statistics east of the “green line”. The PA textbooks show the red dot marking the area of Jerusalem on both sides of the “green line” but the greater Jerusalem city is situated in the area east of the “green line”.

		Especially notable is the fact that Tel Aviv is not mentioned at all (also a recurring feature in Palestinian maps) and Jaffa is mentioned instead. This is also evident in textbooks: thus, for instance, the seventh-grade book “The Geography of Palestine” (2001 edition) mentions Jaffa (“the bride of the sea”) in the list of Palestine's 11 prominent cities, while Tel Aviv is not included in the list.

	Following are parts of a sermon delivered by Sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiras which was broadcast live on Palestinian television from Sheikh Za'id bin Sultan Aal Nahyan mosque in the Gaza Strip on October 10, 2003. It also contained anti-American propaganda.


	Map A - Map of “Palestine” (where is Israel?)
	Source: The map appears on page 4 of a book published by the PA Central Bureau of Statistics , Ramallah, June 2001


	Map B- Map of “Palestine” (where is Israel?)
	Source : “ Al-Tarbiyah Al-Wataniyyah ” (“ Natioal Education ”) 3 ^rd -grade textbook, 2002-2003 academic year, page 3.



	Examples of omitting Israel and including Israeli cities in a list of “cities of Palestine” in Palestinian textbooks:

	Example 1
	“There are other cities such as Gaza, Khan Yunis, Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarm, Jenin, Jaffa, and Haifa”.

	Note: there is no differentiation between Gaza and Nablus on the one hand and Jaffa and Haifa on the other, in the list of Palestinian cities; cities founded by the Zionist Movement such as Tel Aviv, Natanya, Hadera, Bat Yam, and Holon are not mentioned. Source : “ A- Tarbiyah Al-Wataniyyah ” (“Natioal Education”) 2 ^nd -grade textbook, part A, page 22 (for academic year 2001-2002).


	Example 2

	“The most important Palestinian cities: Jerusalem (“Al-Quds”) The religious, cultural, and economic capital of Palestine; the city which is looked up to by the rest of the world because of the holy sites for Islam and Christianity , including the Al-Aqsa Mosque…, the Dome of the Rock… and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre …” Note: the Jewish holy sites (the Western Wall, the Temple Mount) are not mentioned . Source : “ Jughrafiyyat Falastine ” ( The Geography of Palestine) for 7 th grade, page 76, academic year 2001-2002.