[We would not want children to learn about the horrors in Palestine committed by Israel-ed]

TORONTO — A book about the lives of Palestinian and Israeli children is the subject of a heated war of words after several Ontario school boards decided to restrict access to children in elementary schools.

The book, Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak, by Canadian author Deborah Ellis, is among 20 books selected by librarians for the Silver Birch award, which is decided by the votes of students in Grades 4 to 6. It contains a passage in which a Palestinian girl discusses her sister’s decision to become a suicide bomber.

Earlier this year, the Canadian Jewish Congress wrote a letter asking the Ontario Library Association to reconsider whether the book was appropriate for children of all ages. It sent the same letter to school boards across the province.

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