Palestinian Authority Schoolbooks

US Middle East Policy In practice

Nov. 14, 2022 The working assumption of US Middle East Policy is to foster mutual recognition between Israel and the nascent PA entity That is not what we witness in the implementation of US policy on...

EU to withhold €15 million from PA over incitement in textbooks if bill passes

{The "Knesset Lobby for UNRWA Reform" asked the Belgian govt to look into our investigation of PA/UNRWA school books - Belgium was the main publisher of the PA/UNRWA school books, between 2001 and 2016....

No vetting of Textbooks Exists in Jerusalem Arab schools, Located in Sovereign Israel

I was present in the Knesset Education Committee on jan 30, 2017 when that Knesset committee sent an urgent directive to the Jerusalem Municipality to vet the school books fro Arab Schools in Jerusalem. However,...

Palestinian School Textbooks Bias: Schoolbooks Omit Israel on Maps and Glorify Martyrdom

The material in Palestinian school textbooks offers a unique perspective on the Palestinian attitude towards Israel. In many ways, the textbooks mirror the political conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. For example, maps...

How/what to write to members of any parliament to demand that funding of UNRWA...

Nov 23, 2016 From: Date: Subject: Your position on an overhaul of the current PA curriculum applied in the US funded UNRWA schools.? To: Mr. or Ms. Office of Senator/Rep/MP... Dear I call your attention to the latest comprehensive report issued this...

UNRWA does not have any intention of changing their school textbooks

UNRWA is now running a campaign in which it shows itself demanding specific changes in the textbooks used in UNRWA schools, as circulated by some pro-Israel organizations, even though UNRWA cannot make any changes in...

מדריכי מורים של הרשות הפלסטינית: דוגמאות לאינדוקטרינציה בהקשר הסכסוך

(ינואר 2019) אינדוקטרינציה של הסכסוך בשלושה משפטים לתלמידי כתה ב': "הכנה: המורה יספר סיפור קצר על מולדתנו, פלסטין: 'סבי היה חי בכפר יפה ב חיפה. הוא עבד בחקלאות, אהב את האדמה ושמר עליה. ביום עצוב...

When the ADL Went Soft on Arafat’s Textbooks

In September, 2000, Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti Defamation League(ADL), led a delegation of donors to dedicate a new ADL office in Jerusalem, and then meet with parties to the sensitive...

Palestinian Authority textbooks – An issue in the 2019 Israeli elections?

Over the past three years, the Center for Near East Policy Research headed by journalist David Bedein conducted three comprehensive studies of all Palestinian Authority school textbooks used by UNRWA, the PA and Hamas...