Israeli civics textbook reinvigorates debate on nation's character

(The Christian Science Monitor) Can Israel be both Jewish and democratic? For generations of Jewish Israelis, the answer was presumed to be yes, but it’s no longer so simple.

The issue has already brought down one national government and has deep implications for Israel’s ability to accommodate Palestinians’ political aspirations.

For Israeli high school students, the path to the answer was supposed to start in Israel’s official civics textbook, To Be Citizens in Israel, which was recently released in a revised edition.