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Title: | #1 Yaacob from Toronto | |||
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| You probably never visited Israel. You would be surprised about how many languages people speak here. The main spoken languages in Israel are: "Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language" (CIA and other Web sites). Add the immigrants who don`t speak Arabic and most of the Arabs of school age who don`t speak Hebrew which seems to be perfectly OK for everybody while Jewish students do learn Arabic in schools - mandatory. "What reason was there for me to speak in Hebrew?" - he asked. I can tell you and him what`s the reason: polite and civilized behavior at a ceremony meant "to empower Arab and Jewish students and facilitate multiculturalism and dialogue between them", where the host (a lady) does not speak Arabic. It is a matter of elementary personal education, let alone the totally inappropriate hostility at a friendly social event. |
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