|
Trending Topics
|
Source: https://www.cfr.org/blog/teaching-hate-palestinian-schools
Teaching Hate in Palestinian Schools
(Council on Foreign Relations) Elliott Abrams - As part of Gaza peace efforts, many governments are pressing hard for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to have a central role in building a new Gaza. Yet, what is being taught today in PA-run schools in the West Bank is hatred of Israel and Jews, and the glorification of violence. A new study by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) found that no reforms are underway to deal with previous findings of textbook content that promotes violence and incites hatred. According to the report, "antisemitism remains a central feature of the curriculum. Hate and collective accusations specifically directed toward Jewish people appear across grades and subjects....Religiously-motivated violence is promoted and celebrated....Science, mathematics and grammar exercises are politicized to transmit hostility and normalize violence....Maps and language in Palestinian textbooks erase Israel entirely." The writer is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the CFR.