torsdag 28 september 2017

UNRWA:s skolböcker demoniserar Israel

De nya skolböcker som FN (UNRWA) använder i sina skolor på de palestinska områdena i Gaza och på västbanken innehåller extremt antiisraeliskt och antijudiskt material och innehåller inget hopp om fred i regionen visar en undersökning som utförts av  the Center for Near East Policy Research, The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Middle East Forum.

NEW UNRWA TEXTBOOKS FOR PALESTINIANS DEMONIZE ISRAEL AND JEWS (Jerusalem Post)

According to the Palestinian schoolbooks, Jews have no rights whatsoever in the region but only "greedy ambitions." The books also say that Jews have no holy places there either – the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem are all presented as Muslim holy places threatened by Jews.

The study also shows that cities established by Jews in modern times, including Tel Aviv, are sometimes not shown on maps. “Israel is not a legitimate state according to the PA schoolbooks studied at UNRWA schools,” the study says. “The name ‘Israel’ does not appear on the map at all.”

In many cases, “Palestine” appears instead and covers Israel's pre-1967 territories as well. The almost complete erasure of the name "Israel" from the newly published PA schoolbooks of 2016-2017 is “a disturbing development,” the researchers wrote. “[As are] the numerous demonizing descriptions of the Jewish state and its replacement by the expression ‘Zionist occupation.’” 

“Even the former expression ‘the Arab-Israeli conflict' is now spelled 'the Arab-Zionist conflict,'” they added. “This change signals an intensification of the non-recognition attitude regarding Israel on the part of the Palestinian educators. While demonization of Jews is less evident in the PA schoolbooks, compared to books of some other Arab governments, Jews are still demonized as opponents of Islam's revered prophets, namely, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad."

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