Why is an Israeli High School teaching Persian to Teens?

29th November 2020: As an enmity towards Iran, Israel has started teaching Persian to its intelligence agents.

According to sources, Israel is trying to make every effort to conquer over Iran its long-time enemy through the help of its retired army generals.

According to sources, it has been learned that a retired General Pini Shmilovich of the Israeli Army has been running the Iran program at Ben Gurion High School in the central city of Petah Tikva since 2014. Named after David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, it is the only public high school in Israel to have an instructor in teaching Persian language.

The school trains about 50 young people each year in the government-approved “Iran, Security and Intelligence” program, of which more than 900 students have taken the course.

Hanna Jahanforooz, an Iranian-born Israeli teacher, teaches Persian to Israeli intelligence agents at Ben Gurion High School.

It is also learned that students are taught to read, write and speak Persian five hours a week.

According to Israeli reports, at the end of the two-week course, Israelis memorize about 15 words, so that they can speak basic Persian at the end of the two-year course.

The program educates 16- and 17-year-old Israeli youth in the context of Iran-Israel hostility and then teaches Persian in the context of the region.

It should also be noted that Arabic is an optional subject in Israel and is taught up to matriculation, while English is taught to Israelis as a compulsory subject.

It is also learned that there is a separate intelligence unit for Persian learners who are recruited to monitor Iran.

Retired Brigadier General Pini Shmilovich has also been given a special target by the Israeli Internal Security Service Shin Bet as the overseer of the country’s only high school program on Iran in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.

“I don’t know when there will be peace between us and Iran,” said the retired General, “But I think it’s important that in Israel, there will be a lot of people who know what Iran is, and who can be influential and active in the relationship between Iran and Israel.” 

Israel is one of only a handful of countries where men and women are required to receive military training. From the age of 18, men are required to serve for two years and eight months, while women are required to serve in the army for two years for the nation. People with Persian intelligence skills receive additional language training from the military to further their language skills.

Voice of America has also released a report in this regard:

Hanna Jahanforooz, an Iranian-Israeli singer and teacher, teaches Persian language and culture at high school. She said she was trying to teach Israelis the ability to observe the war and the movement of the enemy by teaching them Persian.

“First of all, I want Israel to be safe,” Jahanforooz said. “And the second thing — if we in Israel can do anything for the Iranian people in Iran to be free, and the students can use (this program to achieve that), it’s OK with me. Because the people in Iran deserve freedom, and this program can be amazing.”

Jahanforooz says she wants her graduates to see the Iranian people as their friends, and even some are ready to gather intelligence about their government.

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