The scandal surrounding “Britannica Kids” is not an embarrassing editorial mistake; it is the tip of the iceberg. When a world-famous encyclopedia simply wipes Israel off the map and replaces it with “Palestine,” it is the logical consequence of decades of creeping delegitimization. What began in English and German Bible appendices through cartographic historical distortion continues today in social networks as visual aggression. Why there? Because people—and especially children—no longer read Bibles. Whoever denies the Jewish people the right to its name ultimately wants to deny Israel the right to its existence. It is time to call the unholy alliance of religious ignorance and political agenda by its name.
The case of “Britannica Kids” is currently causing a worldwide stir. The venerable encyclopedia published a map for children on which the label “Palestine” was spread large across the entire territory of the State of Israel. Only after massive criticism from pro-Israel groups and education experts—who denounced it as “erasing Israel from the map” and a manipulative depiction “from the river to the sea”—was the map removed and an...
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It is so sad! In addition, the basic morality teachings in the Torah are being erased from children’s minds and those claiming to be “adults ” are promoting it. No wonder Israel is called to be a light unto the nations.