>>We have examples where similar stances have apparently been successfully addressed. For instance, most of the Arab world used to have that posture vis-a-vis Isreal, and now they (mostly) say they don't. Including the non-nation of Palestine.
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>But what they say and how they behave aren't necessarily the same. Textbooks used in Arab countries (and, AIUI, in some Arabic schools in the US) are still loaded with anti-semitism and anti-Israel sentiment.
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http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeast/Textbook_Incitement.asp>
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:S.+3280:>
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/71199p-66134c.html>
>(I should add that there is some controversy over the source used in the first cite above.)
OK. But I should hope that true change will come over time.
For instance, it took a very long time after Rosa Parks was arrested to the point where segregation was eliminated officially and even longer to get it really gone (if so in fact).
One can always hope!
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>Tamar