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UAE schools to begin teaching about Holocaust in classes UAE schools will begin teaching about the Holocaust in history classes in primary and secondary schools across the country, according to the country's embassy in the United States. The embassy gave no information about the curriculum, and the UAE's education officials have yet to make an announcement. However, the statement comes after the UAE normalized relations with Israel in 2020 as part of a deal arranged by President Donald Trump's administration. "In the wake of the historic Abraham Accords, the UAE will now include the Holocaust in the curriculum for primary and secondary schools," the embassy said in a tweet. The decision comes ahead of a meeting of the Negev Forum Working Groups, which arose from the Abraham Accords, scheduled for this week in Abu Dhabi. During World War II, Nazi Germany murdered 6 million European Jews. Israel, founded in 1948 as a haven for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust, grants automatic citizenship to anyone of Jewish descent. BKM/ Expat Media
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