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Still used in the university's department of education as a text, the book also claims that "eastern Jews are lacking in experience of civilization."

Members of both the Likud-affiliated Gilad Aviv movement and the left-wing Ofek joined forces under the banner of the Righteous Society group to protest the continued use of the book.

Some lecturers have defended the book, saying it must be viewed in the context in which it was written.