Qatar is the main state supporter of the terror group Hamas and of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas’ senior leaders have long been provided with luxurious and secure accommodations in Doha, from where they plot their campaigns against Israel. Qatar spends more on American institutions of higher education than any other country, and its money pays […]
Egypt Removes Antisemitic Passages From Its Textbooks
Little by little, school year by school year, Egypt has been removing antisemitic passages from its textbooks. Amidst so much unfair criticism of Israel from Egypt both about how the IDF is conducting the war in Gaza, and about Israel’s temporary occupation of the Syrian side of the Golan, some good news about Egypt comes […]
Over 10% of UNRWA principals and senior education staff are members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad
The U.S. should not only withdraw funding from UNRWA. It should withdraw funding from the UN altogether, withdraw from it, and expel it from New York. “UNRWA educators’ deep links to terror groups exposed in new report,” Jewish News Syndicate, November 15, 2024: More than 10 per cent of principals and senior education staff employed […]
Ireland: Textbooks claim that Jesus was born in a country called ‘Palestine’
Saying that Jesus was from Palestine betrays an ignorance of history. As “The Palestinian Delusion” explains, in the year 134AD, the Romans expelled the Jews from their homeland of Judea (“land of the Jews”) after the Bar Kokhba revolt and renamed the region Palestine. That was 100 years after Jesus, who lived in Judea. When […]
Egypt’s School Texts Still Present Israel As Illegitimate, But Remove Some Jihadist Content
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi promised he would reform the Egyptian school texts and curriculum, and according to Marcus Sheff of the NGO IMPACT-se, he has kept his word. Over the past five years, since 2018, year by year he has systematically changed the textbooks and curriculum, one year at a time, beginning with Grade One, […]
What Iranian Schools Inculcate
The Institute for Moderating Peace and Cultural Tolerance in the Middle East, known as IMPACT-se, has just issued a study of the Iranian curriculum and its schoolbooks. It makes for instructive – and frightening — reading. Its findings are reported on here: “Iranian students are also protesting against oppressive educations -opinion,” by Marcus Sheff, Jerusalem […]
Erdogan Says He Wants Improved Relations with Israel, But Turkey’s School Curriculum Says Otherwise
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has had his closest collaborators let the world know that he “wants to improve relations with Israel, and hopes to sign an agreement on maritime borders with the Jewish state.” On Dec. 25, 2020, Erdogan himself called for “better ties with Israel.” He has returned the Turkish ambassador to Israel, who […]
UNRWA schools continue to glorify jihad terror and anti-Israel hate
This is what’s being taught at Palestinian schools run by the UNRWA: Children were given mathematics problems using martyrs from the First Intifada to formulate equations, told to “defend the motherland with blood,” and told the lie that Israel dumps radioactive and toxic waste on purpose in the West Bank in order to harm Palestinians. […]
UN says it ‘mistakenly included’ textbooks promoting jihad war against Israel among books it distributed to students
Ever notice how all these “mistakes” always and in every instance go in the same direction? “UNRWA ‘mistakenly’ gave Palestinian kids textbooks calling for jihad,” by Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA, January 16, 2021: The United Nations aid agency for Palestinians said it is “taking steps” to address the glorification of “martyrs” and calls for “jihad” in […]
Citations of Muhammad calling for genocidal war against the Jews deleted from Saudi textbooks
In Saudi schools, new textbooks have improved the depictions of Jews and Israel. The encouraging report is here: “New Saudi Textbooks Show Improvement in Depiction of Jews and Israel, Study Finds,” Algemeiner, December 15, 2020: New editions of Saudi Arabian textbooks show a significant improvement in their references to Jews and Israel, according to a […]