President Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan which includes a phrase concerning “a path to a Palestinian state”, alongside references to “a reformed Palestinian Authority” that would be able to participate in the future administration of the Gaza Strip are the basis for this article.

Peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a worldwide goal and is also the main core of the 1993-95 Oslo Accords on which the Palestinian Authority’s very existence is based. The ongoing effort to upgrade its status from an autonomous entity to that of a state needs, therefore, some clarification as to what extent it is committed indeed to the idea of peace with Israel. Because, if it is not, any such move would raise Israel’s suspicions, cause counteractions and increase instability in the region.

An attempt to answer this question is made in this study in which I examined the references to the conflict in over two hundred PA schoolbooks and teachers’ manuals of the latest editions. The criteria of analysis used here were UNESCO’s guidelines summarized in the following questions:

Read complete report here: The Palestinian Authority’s Long-Awaited Peace Education

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