Guinness World Records resumes Israeli submissions after legal pressure
Guinness World Records (GWR) has resumed accepting record submissions from Israel and the Palestinian Territories following warnings that its policy risked revocation of its registered trademarks and was discriminatory. GWR has now confirmed in correspondence with UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), that it recommenced the “routine acceptance” of applications on
Pearson issues revised History text books following review
Two Pearson Edexcel History textbooks covering the Middle East which were withdrawn last year have been re-issued following a review process undertaken between education publisher Pearson, The Board of Deputies of British Jews and UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). In late 2019, the IGCSE textbook entitled The Middle East: Conflict,
Comedy of Errors in Review of Palestinian Textbooks
A report commissioned by the EU into Palestinian textbooks reviewed Israeli textbooks by mistake. The report gives a ringing endorsement of the Israeli textbooks used in Arab schools in Jerusalem. However, it completely failed in its objective, which was to review the Palestinian textbooks and assess the claims that they