Petition

Make the Palestinian Nakba part of the Key Stage 3 history curriculum

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

We call on the Department for Education to include the Palestinian Nakba (1948) as a compulsory topic in the Key Stage 3 history curriculum.
At present, only the Holocaust is mandated by law. Other important global events are left optional, meaning many pupils finish school without learning about the Nakba. Including it would:
• Provide balance when teaching the creation of Israel.
• Help pupils understand the roots of a major ongoing conflict.
• Encourage critical thinking about migration, refugees, and decolonisation.
• Ensure that Britain’s role in world history is taught in a fuller, more accurate way.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petition which calls for the same action:

Make Nakba education part of the national curriculum
Make Nakba education part of the national curriculum

Timeline

27 Sep 2025 Petition opened for signatures
17 Oct 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Oct 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 18 Aug 2026.