>>Falls Church Jewish Community Upset Over Controversial Passage in Palestinian Children's Book
(Falls Church, VA) -- When immigrants bring the ideologies from their former countries to neutral ground in Virginia and encounter people previously considered adversaries, sparks can fly and local citizens are left trying to be accomodating for everyone.Preview: DB Script:
A Virginia library moves a pro-Palestinian picture book to a different part of it’s children’s section after complaints. The Falls Church Public Library moved the Palestinian alphabet book this week after letters alleging it contains antisemitic material. Now it’s in the children’s nonfiction section.
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Charley O'Brian reporting. ARL Now dot com reports the book's controversial passage reads, "Intifada is Arabic for rising up/For what is right, if you’re a kid or a grownup." Many of the large jewish community may agree with the Oxford Dictionary's definition of the word as a direct call to opposition and possible violence against Israel.