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Source: http://themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=36305
UNRWA Teachers Refuse to Teach Holocaust Studies
(Media Line) Adam Nicky - Earlier this month, officials in UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said Holocaust studies would be part of the school syllabus given to students in elementary classes. But the idea has met with fierce criticism from teachers. "It's impossible that I would teach my students about the so-called Holocaust. UNRWA is planning to impose this on us, but we refuse to teach the history of our eternal enemies," insisted Riyadh, 37, a teacher in Amman, Jordan. UNRWA runs nearly 700 schools for nearly half a million students in Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. An official source in the Jordanian Education Ministry said the Jordanian government, which has made peace with Israel, is also contemplating incorporating the Holocaust in its history books. He admitted, however, that the political atmosphere in the region, including the Arab Spring, has discouraged plans to implement the project.