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Saudi Arabia removes anti-Israel material from schoolbooks

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Saudi Arabia has removed practically all antisemitism and anti-Israel material from its schoolbooks, in a major shift from the past and a harbinger of a better future, a study released Tuesday found. The study, conducted...
UNRWA sacks filled with sand line a Hamas terror tunnel under Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. Credit: TPS.

Hamas used UNRWA and USAID sacks to build tunnels

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The discovery of U.N. and USAID sacks being used by Hamas to construct terror tunnels in Gaza raises new questions about the security of humanitarian aid falling into the hands of the Islamist group. Israeli...
Palestinians receive bags of flour at an UNRWA distribution center, Nov. 23, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Swiss parliament moves to stop funding UNRWA

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The Swiss National Council voted on Tuesday to cut funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) amid mounting international concerns over the group’s activities in Gaza. The decision by the lower house of...
A Jewish boy hosts his Muslim friends for Shabbat dinner, as seen in a Moroccan school textbook. Courtesy of IMPACT-se.

Reformed Moroccan textbooks embrace Jewish life

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Peace and tolerance are central themes in the Moroccan curriculum and promoted in textbooks across multiple grades and subjects, a new report finds. “Students learn about practical conflict resolution, and Islamic scripture is used to...
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...
Palestinian Authority textbooks. Credit: Matzav.com.

US State Department cites Jerusalem-based monitor’s findings on PA textbooks

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A U.S. State Department report on June 2 features research by a Jerusalem-based monitor of educational material in Palestinian Authority textbooks and their systematic messaging regarding the promotion of violence, martyrdom and jihad. Research by...
In September 2011, a teacher leads one of the first classes of the new academic year at a Gaza-based U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

EU cuts its UNRWA budget by 40 percent

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The European Union’s 2022-24 UNRWA aid budget will be 40% lower than during the previous three-year period, the E.U. announced last week. The new budget will provide $82 million annually, compared to the previous average annual figure...
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...
Exterior of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on 20 March 2013. Credit: Botond Horvath/Shutterstock.

EU lawmakers advocate for Palestinian funding reduction if anti-Semitic textbooks are not changed

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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from 18 countries co-signed a letter calling for the reduction of funding to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) if the latter continues to refuse to change its educational material that includes anti-Semitic...
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...