By Or Kashti, Haaretz Correspondent: Education Ministry drops Arabic studies from core curriculum
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Title:No Jewish Group of People in the State
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of Israel are more capable and most easily able to learn the Arabic language than the Haredem. If they learn the Arabic alphabet, they will discover that almost every word in Arabic has a cognate in Hebrew or in Aramaic. In other words, it is very easy for them, and therefore, why not learn it?