The Moroccan ministry of national education has categorically denied there is an official school textbook containing a map that shows Israel instead of Palestine.
In a statement the ministry said it saw pictures of the alleged book circulated on social media but it affirmed that an approved schoolbook would never contain a map without Palestine.
The alleged schoolbook also contained false information about Palestine claiming that the Islamic holy sites and the Aqsa Mosque belonged to Israel.
The Moroccan government has long supported the Palestinian cause. Moroccans on social media found it surprising that a Moroccan schoolbook would contain a map without Palestine.
The Moroccan Anti-Normalization Observer shared a post about the book on its official Facebook page warning of the gravity of “normalizing” the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The center called for the government to open an investigation about the book.
