The Education Ministry, headed by Yuli Tamir (Labor), has approved adding to the Arab school program the Arab version of the "tragedy" of the creation of the State of Israel. Teaching the "Nakba" to Arabs is the latest in a number of dramatic moves by the minister, a left-wing professor who has campaigned against subsidies for Jewish religious education while backing Arab nationalist programs. She previously has ordered that maps of Israel show the 1949 Armistice Line, which draws the borders of Israel as it existed before the Six-Day War in 1967.
Two Years Ago Today at IsraelNN.com
American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging Israel to accept a two-phase ceasefire plan which includes the immediate and unconditional release of three captive soldiers by Hizbullah and Hamas in exchange for a halt of Israel’s military offensive.
--An investigation into the Hizbullah terrorist missile attack on an Israeli Navy boat revealed that the Israeli warship had only 20 seconds to respond and was lacking intelligence information that would have prepared Naval officers to respond. Four men were killed in the incident.