The Texas Board of Education voted on Friday that it will continue to administer its high school social studies requirement teaching students that “Arab rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict.”

As opposed to the coverage from the Middle East offered by the mainstream media and teachings in many of America’s public universities that Palestinians are the victims of a harsh apartheid state, millions of students throughout the Lone Star State will learn from their textbooks that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not due to an oppressive Jewish State – but a result of Arabs denying that Israel exists.

“The cause of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East isn’t Israel’s ‘occupation’ or the ‘rights’ of Palestinians,” WND reported. “It’s because Arabs refuse to accept the reality of Israel’s existence.”

Starting a politically incorrect trend?

On the near horizon, more and more high school textbooks across the nation beyond Texas’ borders could also similarly approach the controversial struggle that originated in biblical times.

“The decision is significant, because the size of the state’s education system influences publishers nationwide,” WND noted.

The highly volatile issue appears in the section of social studies textbooks dealing with “the rise of independence movements in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia and reasons for ongoing conflicts,” according to a report by Dallas Morning News.

The decision came about after much deliberation.

“Volunteer work groups made recommendations to the board, which each year discusses and debates new classroom standards for the 5.4 million schoolchildren in Texas,” Israel National News (INN) informed. “Its members are elected to four-year terms and represent specific geographic areas of the state, the [local] newspaper reported.”

And this is not the only part of Texas’ curriculum that attempts to set the historical record straight.

“Also, the board voted to amend the U.S. Government high school curriculum by reinserting references to ‘Judeo-Christian (especially biblical law)’ in the section on ‘major intellectual, philosophical, political and religious traditions that informed the American founding,’ and reinserting the biblical figure of Moses and remove Thomas Hobbes from the section on ‘individuals whose principles of laws and government institutions informed the American founding,’” INN’s Arutz Sheva Staff announced.

Christianity will also be included elsewhere in the Texas textbooks – where it was previously taken out.

“In the high school World History section, the board voted to reinsert a reference to ‘the Judeo-Christian legal tradition’ in the section on ‘the development of Democratic-Republican government from its beginnings,’” the Israeli daily added.

In November – after public consultation – a final vote will be taken to ultimately decide on the issue and other changes under debate.

Americans for Peace and Tolerance’s Charles Jacobs is pleased that true historical accounts – rather than leftist politicized narratives – are being taught in Texas schools.

“They should teach the truth, and the truth is Arab rejection,” Jacobs told JNS. “At the same time, they should explain to students what the Arab narrative is – and how it’s wrong.”

A red and blue issue in Texas?

It was noted that the vote to include the Arabs’ rejection of Israel account in textbooks was ultimately made by Republicans on the school board, who outnumbered Democrats 2–1.

“The board is comprised of five Democrat members and 10 Republican members – meaning the move is likely to be seen as part of a shift towards a more Republican educational agenda,” The Palestinian Chronicle noted.

The pro-Palestinian publication also included a tweet in its report posted by the leftist media hub, The Guardian.

“Classrooms: the latest battleground in Texas's culture wars,” SafetyPin-Daily tweeted Wednesday.

Texas Freedom Network Communications Director Dan Quinn was noticeably upset that Texas students will not be subjected to the politically correct account touted by most of the left-leaning education systems from coast to coast.

“Last week was a perfect demonstration of why it’s a really bad idea for politicians to write curriculum standards that guide what public schools teach,” Quinn told The Guardian, according to the Journal. “Because then you end up with history that’s decided by a majority vote instead of by facts and historical accuracy.”

U.S. foreign policy criticized for being pro-Israel

The pro-Palestinian foreign policy administered under former President Barack Obama was reportedly reflected in many school textbooks across the nation during his administration, and the pro-Israel teaching in Texas’ textbooks is now considered to be more in line with President Donald Trump’s perspective on global affairs.

Another Twitter post was also noted – this one from an isolationist politician and former presidential candidate’s group, which implied that America’s unbalanced funding of the Israelis over the Palestinians is biased.

“After Cutting All UNWRA Humanitarian Aid, U.S. to Award Israel with $3.3B/Year in Military Aid,”the Ron Paul Institute tweeted last week.

The pro-Palestinian publication also argued that America’s conservatives are predominantly disposed to favor the Jewish State in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“The U.S. – and in particular southern states which are dominated by Republican voters – have long been vehement supporters of Israel and proponents of the Israeli national narrative,” the Journal stressed.

It went on to monetize America’s support of its greatest ally – and only democracy – in the Middle East.

“The USA provides more military aid to Israel than any other country in the world, with $134 billion being given to Israel since 1946 in the military, economic and missile defense spending,” The Palestinian Journal informed. “In 2016, the U.S. signed a $38 billion deal to provide Israel with military assistance over the next 10 years, which represented the largest such agreement ever made by the U.S.

One tweet posted this month by the Arab publication complained that the U.S. has taken note of the fact that Islamic terrorist groups are vying for power to co-lead the Palestinian government … which has influenced America’s decision to not supply funds that will end up in the hands of jihadists.

“Unsurprisingly, Israel and the U.S. are using the division between Palestinian factions – Fatah and Hamas – to their advantage,” the Journal’s Ramzy Baroud tweeted. “Fatah dominates the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah, while Hamas controls besieged Gaza.”

Trump’s strengthening of America’s partnership with Israel was also brought up as an obstacle to the Palestinians.

“Under President Donald Trump’s administration, the U.S. has furthered this pro-Israel agenda, moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and unilaterally declaring the city Israel’s capital – despite it being classified as a final status issue under the Oslo Accords,” the pro-Palestinian report contended.

It also indicated that the U.S. is a “dishonest” broker in peace negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians – insisting that “Deal of the Century” has a clear pro-Israel bias.

U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt was then quoted to present evidence of America’s commitment to support Israel, which is nestled between Muslim nations harboring Islamic terrorism in the volatile Middle East region known as the Powder Keg.

“We will not put forth a peace plan that does not meet all of Israel’s security issues,” Greenblatt assured, according to the Palestinian Journal. “[The Trump administration is] completely committed to Israel’s security, and we believe the [peace] plan will clearly reflect this.”