# Texas schools to teach Israel was founded in ‘ancestral homeland of the Jews’
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Publisher: The Jerusalem Post · published 2026-09-17 · read 2026-09-19

Original: https://www.jpost.com/international/article-908923

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## Who is named (10)

- [Proclaiming Justice to the Nations](https://truthscore.com/entity/16519366)
- [Laurie Cardoza-Moore](https://truthscore.com/entity/1eabc05b)
- [Texas State Board of Education](https://truthscore.com/entity/383ccf6c)
- [Council on American-Islamic Relations](https://truthscore.com/entity/5ad4e9df)
- [Sbarro restaurant](https://truthscore.com/entity/60592884)
- [Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills](https://truthscore.com/entity/71bf7b25)
- [Pearson human geography textbook](https://truthscore.com/entity/c9430604)
- [Greg Abbott](https://truthscore.com/entity/cbec8ac2)
- [Holy Land Foundation](https://truthscore.com/entity/fcdcdf1b)
- [Hamas](https://truthscore.com/entity/fdd1871d)

## What it added

- [The Texas State Board of Education had accepted several of its curriculum recommendations.](https://truthscore.com/claim/04521d8d)
  > Evangelical Christian group Proclaiming Justice to the Nations said Wednesday that the Texas State Board of Education had accepted several of its curriculum recommendations, following testimony in which its president, Laurie Cardoza-Moore, challenged the participation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
- [The Texas State Board of Education approved revised high school social studies standards.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ffc9c433)
  > The Republican-controlled board approved revised high school social studies standards on September 4 by an 8-4 vote.
- [The changes are scheduled for implementation in 2030.](https://truthscore.com/claim/53f59f1b)
  > The changes, scheduled for implementation in 2030, included teaching Christianity’s influence on American history and identifying 1948 as the year Israel was established “in the ancestral homeland of the Jews,” the Houston Chronicle reported.
- [The revised standards included teaching Christianity’s influence on American history and identifying 1948 as the year Israel was established “in the ancestral…](https://truthscore.com/claim/5f322651)
  > The changes, scheduled for implementation in 2030, included teaching Christianity’s influence on American history and identifying 1948 as the year Israel was established “in the ancestral homeland of the Jews,” the Houston Chronicle reported.
- [Laurie Cardoza-Moore has fought to keep anti‑American and anti‑Semitic content out of classrooms for decades.](https://truthscore.com/claim/be679d42)
  > “For decades I have fought to keep anti-American and anti-Semitic content out of our classrooms,” Cardoza-Moore said in remarks released by PJTN.
- [Greg Abbott designated the Council on American‑Islamic Relations as a foreign terrorist organization.](https://truthscore.com/claim/467dc25c)
  > Abbott issued that designation in November 2025.
- [The designation was a state action, distinct from the federal foreign‑terrorist‑organization process.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9f0d21da)
  > It was a state action, distinct from designation under the federal government’s foreign terrorist organization process.
- [The Council on American‑Islamic Relations filed a federal lawsuit challenging Abbott’s designation as unconstitutional and defamatory.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a2d31b29)
  > The group filed a federal lawsuit challenging Abbott’s designation as unconstitutional and defamatory.
- [The Council on American‑Islamic Relations has rejected allegations that it is affiliated with Hamas.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1c3da8cd)
  > CAIR has rejected allegations that it is affiliated with Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood.
- [The Council on American‑Islamic Relations described itself as independent of foreign movements and condemned terrorism, including attacks carried out by Hamas.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fadd2953)
  > In its published response to such accusations, the organization described itself as independent of foreign movements and said it condemned terrorism, including attacks carried out by Hamas.
- [Laurie Cardoza‑Moore argued that understanding America’s religious and intellectual foundations should be central to the revised standards.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bb3f696f)
  > Cardoza-Moore argued that understanding America’s religious and intellectual foundations should be central to the revised standards, formally known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS.
- [Proclaiming Justice to the Nations projected that the Texas changes could eventually influence instruction for as many as 25 million students nationwide.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cb52d706)
  > PJTN projected that the Texas changes could eventually influence instruction for as many as 25 million students nationwide, citing the state’s influence on educational materials.
- [Laurie Cardoza‑Moore traced her textbook advocacy to 2012, when she challenged a passage in a Pearson human geography textbook that she said legitimized the…](https://truthscore.com/claim/4e11d91e)
  > Cardoza-Moore traced her textbook advocacy to 2012, when she challenged a passage in a Pearson human geography textbook used in Tennessee that she said legitimized the 2001 Hamas suicide bombing at Jerusalem’s Sbarro restaurant.
- [Proclaiming Justice to the Nations said the disputed reference was subsequently removed.](https://truthscore.com/claim/64c21858)
  > PJTN said the disputed reference was subsequently removed.
- [Laurie Cardoza‑Moore said students cannot fully understand America if they do not know and understand the laws, history, ideas, and traditions which shaped…](https://truthscore.com/claim/b07eb074)
  > “Students cannot fully understand America if they do not know and understand the laws, history, ideas, and traditions which shaped America,” she told the Texas board.
- [The Council on American‑Islamic Relations’ Austin office called for the board to reconsider the standards.](https://truthscore.com/claim/18b693db)
  > In a separate statement Wednesday, CAIR’s Austin office called for the board to reconsider the standards, arguing that their treatment of Islam would encourage prejudice against Muslim students.
- [Laurie Cardoza‑Moore questioned why Council on American‑Islamic Relations representatives had been allowed to address the board, citing Greg Abbott’s…](https://truthscore.com/claim/1c7b07a0)
  > During her testimony, according to the transcript provided by the organization, she questioned why CAIR representatives had been allowed to address the board, citing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s designation of the group as a foreign terrorist organization.
- [Laurie Cardoza‑Moore cited the Council on American‑Islamic Relations’ inclusion as an unindicted co‑conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism‑financing…](https://truthscore.com/claim/47cb6ead)
  > Cardoza-Moore also cited CAIR’s inclusion as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing case.
- [Proclaiming Justice to the Nations said its proposals addressed civics, history, social studies and Holocaust education, emphasizing the influence of…](https://truthscore.com/claim/74aca381)
  > The organization, known as PJTN, said its proposals addressed civics, history, social studies and Holocaust education, with an emphasis on the influence of Judeo-Christian traditions on the United States.
- [The September 16 statement did not identify which recommendations had been incorporated into the adopted standards.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e02850de)
  > Its September 16 statement did not identify which recommendations had been incorporated into the adopted standards.

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