Promises of Reform in Palestinian Schools Unmet
Two years have passed since the horrific massacre of eight young yeshiva students at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem. With the turning of administrations in Washington, and a renewed effort by the Obama administration to focus on “moving peace forward” between the Israelis and Palestinians, we are left to examine the status quo on the ground.
Part of the original — circa 1994 — Oslo agreements was the commitment on both sides to refrain from incitement, as well as the agreement to amend the educational systems to reflect the new reality of peaceful coexistence. Clearly this was turned squarely on its head with the “election” of Hamas in Gaza several years ago. But what has happened in the territories under Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority on the West Bank? Has the PA turned over a new leaf in educating its young people to be progressive in the pursuit of coexistence alongside Israel?
Emphatically, not at all.
In a recent Jerusalem Post report (Feb 2, 2010) Ben Hartman writes that a British taxpayer watchdog group unveiled two reports detailing the role of European foreign aid in the transmission of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic narratives in Palestinian Authority schools and media in Jerusalem.
The reports, “Palestinian Hate Education Since Annapolis” and “Funding Hate Education,” detail what the Taxpayers’ Alliance refers to as a campaign of “demonizing Israel” largely funded by European taxpayers — a policy it says diminishes long-term hopes for peace.
The Taxpayers’ Alliance said it has taken up the issue of incitement against Israel in the Palestinian territories because it believes there must be greater scrutiny of aid programs for the PA, so that taxpayer money from the UK and the EU no longer funds programs that harm the peace process and the national interests of British and EU citizens.
Matthew Sinclair, research director for the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said at a press briefing in Jerusalem, held with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, that in Palestinian society, “we’re looking at a population where 42 percent are under the age of 15. You have a huge younger generation whose views are going to shape the situation for a long time.
“Peace lies in the hearts and minds of people and it’s vital that the right attitudes are encouraged in people and the right conditions are created for peace,” Sinclair continued.
“It’s rare we see it [foreign aid] doing as much harm to the British taxpayers as we do in this case,” he said.
It’s not just British taxpayers’ money going to fund hate in the Palestinian Authority. In October of last year, USAID invested almost $65 million in infrastructure in the West Bank — money that included the establishment and construction of four new schools. Since 1994 (and the signing of Oslo), USAID has invested more than $2.5 billion in the Palestinian areas via projects intended to “reduce poverty, improve health and education, build infrastructure, create jobs, and promote democracy and good governance.”
One might be unsurprised, if appalled, by the persistence of hate in Hamas-sponsored curricula. But from the Palestinian Authority, improvements in the state of the educational curricula should not only be anticipated; they should be expected and required. Unfortunately, the PA’s uncooperativeness was cheered by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, who said (after transferring $200 million in aid to the PA in June 2009) she had been assured that President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad “have put in place the foundations of a responsible, transparent, accountable government.”
Yet, according to the most recent study commissioned by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center in Herzliya, a new generation of Palestinian students is being inculcated in rejectionism. For example, here is a listing of just a few items:
So long as Mein Qurampf/The Glory-Ass Quran and the Hadith remains as they are, and mahoundians believe that any land which has ever been under mahoundianism is to be forever theirs (and that applies not only to Israel, but to most of India, the Iberian Peninsula, Greece, the Balkans, Sicily, Georgia, Armenia and the Ukraine), don’t expect any mahound-worshippers to give up on their dream of annihilating the Jewish State.
This article clearly spells out why there will never be peace.
It’s ok because they left loves the under dog…besides, they’ll only be killing jews…
SAF, you are exactly right.
It’s ok because they left loves the under dog…besides, they’ll only be killing jews…
SAF, you are exactly right. absulately right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, who said (after transferring $200 million in aid to the PA in June 2009)
Well, thank goodness there are no needy Americans!
““I will not accept violence, terrorism, gunfire or a military intifada.” This is an important step toward establishing trust between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. Yet in order to achieve a lasting coexistence, the next generation must be educated in a way that supports peaceful conflict resolution. Thus far, the groundwork of a grassroots infrastructure for future peace has not been laid within Abbas’ Palestinian territories. ”
Right. He doesn’t accept violence. He just encourages it. The groundwork for future peace will never be laid simply because the Muslims own religious doctrine calls for death to Jews. Christians too, for that matter but hey let’s make the world Jew Free first. I have no doubt that the American left will accept their new religion of Islam with open arms simply so they can show how “tolerant” they are, how accepting of others, how diverse they are, how perfectly politically correct they are. And they can feel all tingly and good about themselves even as they are paying their Islamic masters for the privilege of living in the Islamic republic of America.
#2, I challenge your point.
Peace, under current conditions is impossible. The likes of Wafa Sultan, Bat Yeor, Nonie Darwish, Walid Shoebat, and the rest in Araby who see life the same way – they have to be the dominant voices. So, how do we get there from here?
I still stick by my conviction that a preparatory regime is the best option. Replace the curricula, and teachers, so that one standard for all is the norm, rather than the exception. For, Islam is very good at dividing the world into the dar al Islam and the dar al Harb.
#7: David Lincoln: Too many millions to un-train from hatred.
If the Palestinians had ever wanted a real life and pursued peace they would have had it decades ago. Instead there is more intransigence and another war brewing.
As long as they believe they can wipe Israel off the map that will be the indoctrinated dream. And demographics appear to be on their side. They will wait, reproduce and send more terrorists.
Changing those doctrine in school would amount changing the doctrine and teaching in Koran, it really boils on Koran the book of hate and violence, 1.3 billion muslim reads and follow the satanic verses.
American tax monies should never be given to groups who teach their children to murder in the name of a moon god, and have no problem lying.
Send them back to Jordan wence they came. An evil people.
The Qu’ran is not a book of evil. If the Qu’ran was indeed evil, then all billion and something Muslims would be killing everybody, not just a few wackos in the middle east. Ask a Muslim what he or she thinks of Osama bin Laden (if you even know a Muslim), and I’m sure you will change your mind about Islam being evil.
The Israel-Palestine issue is not at all black and white. Certainly organizations like Hamas and the Irgun are bad, but it’s a really tough call when you’re trying to determine who the “good guy” is in the conflict in that region. On one hand, the Jews deserve a state after everything they endured in Europe in the past thousand years, and they need a place where they are safe from another massive pogrom. On the other hand, Palestinians have been living in the region for a long time, and they deserve their own state too, but Israeli settlers keep violating boundaries and closing in on Palestinian territory. It’s a very complex issue, and it’s anything but black and white.
(A problem with Israel is their military operations. Take the invasion of Gaza last year. 12 Israeli soldiers died, as opposed to around 3000 Palestinians.)
#11 Adrian
Do us a favor and go spout your left wing pap someplace else. Israel is the historical and Biblical home of the Jewish people and has been since the dawn of pre-history. Perhaps if palestinian arabs would stop bombing Israeli women and children there would be no further need for the Israeli armed forces to defend their country.
#11 Adrian
Way to go adrian. 3000 dead in Gaza? Where do you get your facts? PressTV? Fact is, less than 1500 died and most of those were terrorists.You also forgot to mention the thousands of rockets those animals lobbed at innocent Israelis that prompted the invasion.
Please don’t let the facts get in the way of distorting the truth.
gee. i would think this should engender a “rebuke” from that dumb shiksa mizz hillary clinton.
SAF:
#7: David Lincoln: Too many millions to un-train from hatred.
Then I counter with this: making sure that there is enough ammunition for those to take out those who do not want to travel the path pointed to by Wafa Sultan, Nonie Darwish, Bat Yeor, Walid
Shoebat, et al., After all, words, thoughts and actions do mean something. Unless we revert back to the system where only the blue bloods matter, and the rest of us are mere sweepings.
#11 Adrian
Your reluctance to accept the premise that truth is not dependent
upon anyone accepting it, shows your colours. March back in goose
step to your fellow hakenkreuz wearers.
For, by your absence to accept that the existence of truth does not need anyone to accept it, you have left your arms wide open for “life not worthy of life”.
Adrian – you are right when you say things are not simply black or white.
I agree.
As for the RETALIATION on Gaza – tell me.. how do you tell a civilan dead body from a terrorist dead body? Do you think terrorists wear T shirts with I AM A TERRORIST on the front? The young, (I won’t add “women” because there are women fighters in the regime of terror) and the infirm, the old and feeble were given warnings to leave the buildings where the cowardly HAMAS were using as a launch pad and HAMAS did not let them go. The HAMAS leaders sipped tea and watched the war from their comfy recliners in Damascus.
what divide symbol does is to scramble information and conversation other creatures who are professionally like us and competitively debate our existence with them which we have defeated. They do exactly what man and woman does our competition with animals that are not political like us is what triangle will do immediately we were reprimanded,had it been they win us again they will time us not to know anchor sign which is similar to what holds the earth at it floats like ships.Divide can boast our deficiencies to dissolve quorum formed against us not too see when the instrument anchors the earth,that normally happen when the sun rises and removed the anchor when the sun fall.Because animals have known that anchor sign is bow leg man symbol which is deficient of Vitamin D that causes rickets.
American tax monies should never be given to groups who teach their children to murder in the name of a moon god, and have no problem lying.