Textbook narratives shifted from blaming Palestinians to silently omitting their expulsion.

Evidence

The textbooks published in the 1960s blame Palestinians for their own tragedy, arguing that Zionist leaders had urged Palestinians not to leave Palestine but stay and live in peace with them. The textbooks published in the 1980s/1990s do not discuss whether and why Palestinians were expelled or fled, nor do they explain why Palestinians have not been allowed to return following the 1948 war. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 940

Categorization

• QUESTION: The diachronic shift in how the same state’s textbooks handle the 1948 expulsion — from active blame to omission — is worth investigating as a model for how hegemonic narratives evolve under internal and international pressure.