The German language is being taught for the first time in Israeli high schools, the Foreign Ministry reported last week.
It has been added to the curricula of two high schools, one in Haifa and the other in Kfar Sava.
German had been all but eliminated from the Israeli school system until now because of the sensitivities of Holocaust survivors.
It has been taught, however, in private schools and universities and by the West German government-sponsored Goethe Institute, which has branches in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Interest in the language is growing rapidly in Israel, according to the West German news agency.
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