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Masked Palestinians demonstrate in the Balata refugee camp in protest against the policy of Scott Anderson, director of UNRWA in the West Bank, on Sept. 17, 2017. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Study: UNRWA materials urge Palestinians to take up ‘hobby’ of killing Israelis

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Educational materials produced by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) contain content that encourages jihad, violence and martyrdom, in addition to promoting anti-Semitism, according to...

Secure Community Network issues guide to Judaism for law enforcement

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The Secure Community Network, the official safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America, has published an “introduction to Judaism” guide for law enforcement. “Introduction to Judaism for Law Enforcement Officers and Security Professionals” seeks to...
British Houses of Parliament. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

British rabbis protest school bill mandating secular subjects at yeshivahs

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A group of rabbis in the United Kingdom gathered outside British Parliament on Wednesday to protest a proposed school bill that is being described as “a threat to alter fundamental facets of Jewish practice.” Schools...
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EU Parliament condemns PA textbooks over incitement

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The European Parliament has passed a decision condemning the Palestinian Authority for extremist incitement in its school textbooks, Ynet reported on Saturday. The books are produced with E.U. funding. The decision called for a rapid removal of...
Palestinian students attend the opening of the academic year at a school of near Jerusalem on Aug. 17, 2016.

European parliament members condemn Palestinian Authority for anti-Semitic curriculum

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Despite Western calls for reform, the Palestinian Authority curriculum has ramped up its incitement in recent years, with school textbooks and other learning materials filled with anti-Semitism, calls for jihad, rejection of reconciliation and...
Ukrainian refugee Anastasiia Zinevych arrived in Israel with her husband and is continuing her research at Hebrew University as part of a donor-funded program, April 2022. Credit: Tali Aronsky/the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Ukrainian academics arrive at Hebrew University under emergency aid program

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As part of a donor-funded emergency-aid program established at Hebrew University, 18 Ukrainian refugees have been accepted to programs to continue their studies. Ten of them have already begun, including Anastasiia Zinevych, who has a Ph.D. and...
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University of California system considers mandatory ethnic-studies requirement

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The University of California higher-education system is considering adding a new admission requirement that will force high school students in the state to learn a controversial and anti-Semitic ethnic-studies curriculum if they want to...
Arab Israelis shop at the Arab-owned King Store supermarket chain in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. July 27, 2015. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

‘Revolution’ taking place among Arab sector in Israel, report shows

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The Arab sector in Israel is modernizing, according to Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya, director of the Arab Society in Israel program at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). Haj-Yahya is co-author of a new report—the Annual Statistical...
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US Jewish leaders asleep in the face of anti-Israel school curricula

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Massachusetts Jews are facing a storm of institutionalized animus as anti-Israel curricula are spreading to public schools statewide. Jewish leaders in the Bay State know about these developments, but to date have not told...
United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education. Credit: Arnold O. A. Pinto/Shutterstock.

UAE textbooks teach tolerance as PA curriculum calls for violence, anti-Jewish incitement

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The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) has uncovered thousands of pages of new teaching material produced by the Palestinian Authority that directly calls for violence and promotes anti-Semitism, even...