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Summary:
Jul 7, 2022 UNRWA textbooks still include hate, antisemitism despite ... violence against Israel and hatred of Jews, despite promises to remove such content.
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An Israeli watchdog group called IMPACT-se has found that UNRWA textbooks still contain incitement against Israel and Jews, despite promises to remove such content.
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Specifically, the textbooks encourage jihad, violence, martyrdom and promote anti-Semitism.
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UNRWA has removed the problematic content from its public education portal but not from actual classrooms.
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Exercises in the textbooks teach about sacrificing blood to liberate Jerusalem and resisting the enemy courageously.
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A poem teaches that dying as a martyr by killing Israelis is a hobby.
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Islamic education material depicts Jews as inherently treacherous and hostile to Islam.
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Israel is described as an imperialist conspiracy to divide the Arab world and Israeli cities are labeled as Palestinian.
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IMPACT-se says the textbooks do not align with UN values of neutrality, human rights and non-discrimination.
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US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield called the textbook content a "red line."
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Similar criticisms have been made of Palestinian Authority textbooks, but Palestinians reject the claims of incitement.