Palestinian Education
Palestinian Authority schools praise martydom, use October 7 attack in math lessons
Beyond reducing October 7 to a math exercise, the nine-year-olds were also praised by their teacher in written feedback for writing questions relating to martyrdom, including child martyrdom.
Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination
Antisemitism remains central feature in Palestinian education curriculum, IMPACT-se finds
Palestinian ‘revised’ curriculum continues to promote antisemitism, glorify October 7
New Palestinian curriculum shows no improvements, antisemitism remains
Palestinian children are still being taught to glorify martyrdom and jihad against Israel.
UK MPs demand answers on botched inquiry into Palestinian education
Translation errors include a well-known Palestinian phrase for rock-throwers, “the Children of the Stones,” being mistranslated as “children stones,” with no indication as to what this might mean.
Comprehensive report reveals endemic hate education in Palestinian schools
Palestinian children are being primed for "a continuous and long-range confrontation against the State of Israel," the report found.
PA announces change in school curricula after pressure European Parliament
A number of national governments have condemned the inclusion of incitement to violence and antisemitic materials in school textbooks used in Palestinian schools.
MEPs push EU to reconsider funding to terror-linked Palestinian NGOs
Parliamentarians "insisted that the Commission should thoroughly verify the use of Union funds by third party entities to ensure no funds are allocated to any cause or form of terrorism."
15 policy challenges for the new head of UNRWA
The appointment of Swiss diplomat Phillipe Lazzarini as the new head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency is a window of opportunity for donor nations, which oversee UNRWA policy.
In health crisis, virtual world saves Palestinian education, business
With coronavirus lockdown, public, private sectors turn to remote communication
Government funded Arab school holds Heritage Day that wipes Israel off map
The Christian El Oscopia in Shfar'am encouraged students to paint a Palestinian flag over the whole of Israel, denying the existence of the Jewish state.
Qatar donates further $20.7 million to Palestinians in Syria
The donation brings this year's total up to $40 million, to be spent on education and health services.
Palestinian teen suicide bomber honored with plaque at Bethlehem school
Ayyat al-Akras was just 17 when she blew herself up in Jerusalem, killing two and injuring 28, near a supermarket in Jerusalem on March 29, 2002.