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Source: https://www.jns.org/reform-in-the-palestinian-authority-curriculum/
Reform in the Palestinian Authority Curriculum?
(JNS) Dr. Arnon Groiss - Saudi Arabia has offered to assist in implementing reforms within the Palestinian Authority, among them, reform of the PA school curriculum. Since 2000, I have researched the portrayal of Israel, Jews and peace in PA textbooks. The principles embedded in these books are not fundamentally different from those promoted by Hamas. Their treatment of the conflict rests on three core pillars: rejection of Israel's right to exist anywhere in the land and denial of the legitimacy of its seven million Jewish citizens; severe demonization of Israel and Jews, often on religious grounds; and the glorification of violent struggle for "liberation," in which the annihilation of Israel is implicitly - and sometimes explicitly - endorsed. In PA textbooks, Jewish history in the land is denied, as is the existence of Jewish holy sites. The "occupation" does not begin in 1967, but in 1948. Jews are depicted as infidels, allies of Satan and enemies of God's prophets. Students are taught that Jews betrayed Muhammad, and that they pose an existential threat to Palestinians. These textbooks remain in use in the current school year and have not been meaningfully revised since 2020 - contrary to repeated claims by Western officials. As the PA curriculum remains unchanged, the PA should not be permitted to assume a role in Gaza. Doing so would preserve the ideological foundations of Hamas's extremist education.