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Palestinian Authority Schools Edit Out Christians and Jews from Textbooks
(Providence) George Goss - 76% of Palestinian Christians gave the Palestinian Authority failing marks for how schools teach the history of Christians, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Philos Project. Christians are a dwindling minority, accounting for a mere 1% of the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza. "The history that we learn [in school] starts with the Islamic conquest of the land. Anything before will focus on the pre-Israelite era," said Khalil Sayegh, a Christian from Gaza and Philos Advocacy Fellow. "This leads to Palestinian Christians looking like foreigners." "Crusader," "infidel," and "foreigner" are all epithets Sayegh experienced in grade school. In the survey, 43% of Palestinian Christians said that they feel most Muslims do not want them in the land. 2/3 say they have little trust in the PA government; trust in the judiciary peaks at 16%, and confidence in the police stands at 22%.