Posted on 11/13/2013 6:57:33 AM PST by Nachum
Arab textbooks are not the only ones erasing Israel from their maps. Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of children’s books, has also eliminated the Jewish state in a book.
“Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt,” part of the popular Geronimo Stilton children’s series translated from Italian and published by Scholastic in 2012, tells the story of a group of investigative journalists involved in a treasure hunt in Egypt.
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Arab textbooks are not the only ones erasing Israel from their maps. Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of children’s books, has also eliminated the Jewish state in a book.
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“Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt,” part of the popular Geronimo Stilton children’s series translated from Italian and published by Scholastic in 2012, tells the story of a group of investigative journalists involved in a treasure hunt in Egypt.
The story commences with a map of modern Egypt and its neighboring countries. While Sudan, Libya and Saudi Arabia appear clearly on the map, the territory of Israel is completely covered by Jordan, painted red. A line indicating the Israeli border with the Sinai Peninsula does appear in the book.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
muslims love to pretend.
It’s OK to be a Nazi again.
I wish we could erase the ME.
The left hates the USA and Israel.
You're right...
Drill here, drill now. Without oil, the middle east becomes as strategically important as Somalia.
BTTT!
They will still hold a big card, the petrodollar arrangement. Domestic energy production is a good thing but it doesn’t cure all of America’s problems; in fact, it will create a few new ones.
The bottom line is that Israel actually exists regardless of the idiots who published this book. They are the big dog in the Middle East as they hold nuclear weapons and are an economic powerhouse.
Reality sucks, eh Lefties?
And that puts Israel out of danger? Think again.
Scholastic, the world's largest publisher of children's books, has also eliminated the Jewish state in a book. "Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt," ...translated from Italian and published by Scholastic in 2012, tells the story of a group of investigative journalists involved in a treasure hunt in Egypt. The story commences with a map of modern Egypt and its neighboring countries. While Sudan, Libya and Saudi Arabia appear clearly on the map, the territory of Israel is completely covered by Jordan, painted red.
Scholastic’s biggest customer is government schools
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