The Czech Ministry
of Education said it will recall a geography book used in schools after erroneously
showing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
According to a report by Ma’an News
Agency, the ministry informed the Palestinian embassy in Prague that the deal
to use the atlas will not be renewed after 2017, the year in which the current
license expires.
Palestinian ambassador
Khalid al Atrash said that the book will be adopted again only after the
mistake is corrected.
“The school book was
reviewed by an accuracy committee of two specialists who did not inform the
Czech ministry of the mistake or the need to correct it,” the ambassador added,
citing the letter received from the Czech Ministry.
The Palestinian
embassy added that the Czech move ensured that Prague’s position was in line
with that of the European Union, which considers the Israeli annexation of
Jerusalem illegal.
Israel occupied East
Jerusalem in 1967 and annexed it in 1980 in a move deemed void by the UN
Security Council.
The lack of
recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital explains the presence of the
majority of foreign embassies and diplomatic staff in Tel-Aviv.
Ironically, these
countries usually set up their diplomatic missions to serve the Palestinians in
occupied East Jerusalem.
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