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Originally Posted by _Q_
Please enlighten us on what those textbooks contain and how an occupied people are supposed to love the people that occupy them.
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https://unwatch.org/fact-checking-un...and-education/
https://www.impact-se.org/wp-content...94Jan-2021.pdf
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Encouragement of violence, jihad, terrorism and martyrdom. UNRWA-produced material
frequently references, and sometimes directly reproduces, texts and phrases from the PA textbooks
that glorify violence and sacrificing one’s life and blood to defend the “motherland.” Such examples
include Arabic grammar exercises that use the language of jihad and sacrifice (see Example 3 in
“Selected Examples” below) and passages that celebrate known terrorists such as Dalal Mughrabi
(Ex. 1). In past statements, UNRWA officials have explicitly denied teaching students the sections
of the PA curriculum that discuss Dalal Mughrabi, making the inclusion of these passages even
more surprising and concerning.25 We were unable to find any direct condemnation of violence or
approach to resolve conflict within the UNRWA-produced material.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalal_Mughrabi
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Intolerance, disrespect and demonization. UNRWA-produced material offers no examples of the
individualized Other and fails to provide alternative non-Palestinian narratives regarding historical
events. For instance, one example states that the goal of Zionism was to take Palestinian land for its
strategic value, while another references the Crusades as a war by “Europe,” waged arbitrarily
against Muslim lands (Ex. 18). The Jewish-Israeli Other is portrayed solely in a negative manner; no
objective information is provided about Israel or Jews which would serve to counterbalance such
portrayals. By denying “Other” narratives and failing to humanize them through individualized
accounts, UNRWA-produced material effectively obstructs attitudes of tolerance, respect and
understanding
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https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/offic...l-materials-un
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In the rush to continue students’ education uninterrupted, a very small amount of host-country provided material that the Agency had previously identified as not in line with UN values was mistakenly included. UNRWA deeply regrets that such material was disseminated and acted quickly to remedy the situation. As soon as the issue was identified, the Agency conducted a thorough review of the entirety of the self-learning material that UNRWA developed and took steps to ensure that only approved material was used going forward.
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I mean the UNRWA even admits to it and just said oopsie those weren't meant to be there they just slipped in.
This has been a well documented issue with includes several reports from the US government including this one.
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-19-448.pdf
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UNRWA and State have taken steps to identify and address potentially
problematic content of textbooks used in UNRWA schools, such as maps that
exclude Israel.
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There has to be an effort towards peace at some point and teaching is part of it.