IMPACT-se has been looking at Palestinian textbooks for years, and
this year they find the same sort of incitement and antisemitism they have in the past. It encourages second graders to sacrifice themselves for Palestine in poetry, it makes terrorists into heroes, it uses slingshots against Israeli soldiers as physics examples and
counts numbers of "martyrs" in math lessons.
But this school year the texts are more notable for what they omit.
In previous years, the textbooks at least mentioned the previous peace agreements and conferences between Israel and the PLO - the Oslo Accords, Wye River Agreement, Annapolis Conference of 2007 and so forth.
They are all erased.
Jordan's peace treaty with Israel - erased.
The textbooks have also removed examples of Jewish history in the land that were in previous editions:
Recognition and acknowledgement of Israel and its establishment in 1948.
Yasser Arafat’s call for a new era of coexistence, peace, and non-violence.
Negotiations with Israel as the ultimate goal to live side-by-side in peace and security.
The name "Israel" on two maps of a history textbook for eleventh grade.
Meetings between Israelis and PLO leading to peace negotiations.
Jewish historical presence and connection to Jerusalem as the Jews’ capital for that period.
Ancient Jewish kingdoms in Palestine such as "The Jews' David's Kingdom," "the Northern
Kingdom of Israel," "the Kingdom of Judea."
A map titled "Palestine in the Reign of Prophet David" with an accompanying passage about
the "Children of Israel."
The Jewish revolt of Bar Kokhba in Jerusalem.
All erased.
Jewish history is whitewashed and eliminated from the curriculum.
These aren't textbooks - they are propaganda and incitement.
(full article online)
Newest Palestinian textbooks eliminate any mention of Jewish history and peace agreements with Israel ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News