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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22494/palestinian-authority-classroom-incitement
No Sign that Palestinian Authority Is Preparing Palestinians for Coexistence with Israel
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to demonstrate that it is unwilling to prepare Palestinians for peace and coexistence with Israel. For years, the PA has promised the U.S. and European donors that it would overhaul its education system by removing incitement, antisemitism, and the glorification of violence from school textbooks. In its latest rebuke, the European Parliament has condemned PA textbooks for the seventh year in a row, citing ongoing defamation of Jews, incitement to violence, and the promotion of jihad and "martyrdom." The Jews have lived in the area, such as Judea, continuously for nearly 4,000 years; they are the indigenous people as much as the Arabs are. Yet PA educational materials regularly propagate hate towards Jewish people. The PA's own Ministry of Education recently admitted that textbooks currently used in schools "have not been revised at all." If the Palestinian leadership is serious about peace with Israel - not at all certain - it needs to begin by educating its children for peace, not indoctrinating them with hate. Any society that aspires to statehood and peaceful coexistence must prepare its next generation for nonviolence, mutual recognition, and respect. So far, there is scant evidence of this.