What images arise in minds of Europeans, if they hear “Donbass”, “Chernobyl”, and “Ukraine”?

And in your mind, if you hear “Jew”, “Sicily” or “German”? Under normal circumstances, all these words will cause very distinct, embedded stereotypes that often have little to do with reality.
Of course, thanks to the revolutionary and military events, the world's opinion on Ukraine has changed in recent years. But until now, it does not correspond to reality often, and thus, Ukrainians cannot count on an adequate attitude to themselves and to the state as a whole. This is due to the fact that Ukraine itself does not widely inform the world community about events in the country and does not help out this educational process with reliable information. Very often this information is replaced by an established offense of previous years, attributing the predecessors’ mistakes to a new generation.
For many years, Israel has also been struggling with its assigned stereotypes. So starting next year, in the Israeli and German schools a new optional course will start, purpose of which is to introduce the younger Israeli generation to the German one to overcome stereotypes about each other.

According to the study curriculum of Israel and Germany, in school textbooks of both countries, both peoples are presented in a distorted historical significance. In Israeli textbooks, Germans and their state are shown mostly in negative terms with an emphasis on the Nazi themes. And in the German books the modern state of Israel is told about through the prism of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where Israel is presented in an unfavorable light.

Since 2017 the updated program will be introduced in the senior classes of the Israeli and German schools. German students will be told about the fact that Israel is the only democratic state in the Middle East, a high-tech power with a multicultural society. In turn, the Israeli schoolchildren will learn that modern Germany is a strong liberal country that offers tremendous opportunities for developing countries and helps refugees. Thus, the images embedded in the minds of the children will be able to “upgrade”.