Summary
The 1953 State Education Law, in a Description-only entry in Discriminatory Laws Database (lines 2801-2823).
Details
- The law establishes separate state secular and state religious school systems to satisfy the distinct needs of the Jewish community and codifies educational objectives advancing Jewish culture and Zionist ideology (lines 2813-2817).
- Article 2(11), added in 2000, lists acknowledging the language, culture, history, heritage and traditions of the Arab populations and recognizing equal rights of all citizens as an objective, which the entry calls weak acknowledgement language that falls short of mandating incorporation into the curriculum (lines 2819-2823).