I was very pleased on several levels to read that Hillary Clinton has teamed up with Palestinian Media Watch to promote a new report on the continued anti-Israel bias of Palestinian textbooks. I think it’s obvious to most of us that preaching racism in children’s texts is a particularly horrifying form of child abuse – it’s part of what turns people into suicide bombers.
But I’m especially glad that it is Senator Clinton, a Democratic Party liberal, speaking out for once. People can say it’s just because she’s running for President and courting the Jewish vote. But she’s a politician. That’s what she does. And the world situation makes it mandatory that people who describe themselves as liberals begin to own the gravity of the struggle as well and speak out.
Kudos to Hillary. I still won’t vote for her, but I can applaud her for this.
yes–despite our cynicism about motives, an act is an act is an act.
Hillary obviously doesn’t mind losing Jimmy Carter’s support.
Ooo, bad for Hillary, no Jimbo.
I think most people who see and hear what is in some of those text books would have hard time not condemning it. But like so many other things, it is just ignored. I am glad HC is making it an issue.
True–it could be a HUGE issue. It *should* be–
” But like so many other things, it is just ignored.”
It’s damn near completely ignored. And while that happens, yet another generation of children get indoctrinated in violent ideals, thus increasing the difficulty in reducing violence. Nevermind achieving peace; this sort of early indoctrination is making the mere dialing down of violence harder.
Child abuse is too mild a term. This is the deliberate destruction of a society from the ground up by destroying the childrens’ ability to critically analyze and function. And to think, it’s the Palestinian leadership that’s doing it to them. Their own damn leadership.