There is no reason that in the official school curriculum of the State of Israel the establishment of the State should be presented as a disaster... The educational system is not mean to assist the de-legitimization of the State, that even raises the level of extremism among the Arab sector.

---- Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar (Likud)

Saar yesterday authorized the removal of the term and content of "Nakba" from the Arab educational curriculum, after previous Education Minister Yuli Tamir (Labor) included it.