'Carrot, not stick': Israel pushes its curriculum in Palestinian schools

Palestinian schoolchildren walk home after school in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabel Mukhaber June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Young Palestinian Faris Abu-Mayyaleh will soon find out how he did in his final high school exams, in which he answered questions about Israel's founding fathers and the history of Zionism.

Faris, 18, chose to study the Israeli curriculum instead of the Palestinian equivalent in the hope that it will open more doors at colleges in Israel and help him get work there.