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Israeli book claims West Bank, Golan part of Israel

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of Israel, the Israeli Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports issued a booklet including an official map portraying the West Bank and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights part of the state of Israel.

Al-Quds daily, published Palestine said the map is entitled "Israel in the year 1998," adding that the map includes all Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and the Golan Heights.

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