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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/new-palestinian-curriculum-shows-no-improvements-antisemitism-remains-643152

New Palestinian Curriculum Shows No Improvements, Anti-Semitism Remains

(Jerusalem Post) Donna Rachel Edmunds - The Palestinian Authority's newly released educational curriculum shows no substantive changes for the better, despite assurances earlier this year that egregious examples of anti-Semitism and hate education would be eliminated. An analysis by IMPACT-se, a research and policy institute that analyzes schoolbooks and curricula through UNESCO-derived standards on peace and tolerance, has found that educational textbooks for use in Palestinian schools throughout the West Bank remain openly anti-Semitic, encourage violence, and promote jihad and martyrdom. Most of the adjustments this year either keep the problematic material intact or amplify it. Not a single map mentions the name "Israel." European leaders had indicated that they expected changes to be for the better. Marcus Sheff, CEO of IMPACT-se, said: "There are leaders who understand the importance of a peace education. But Palestinians are bucking the trend, placing themselves firmly in the Iranian school of curriculum development and demanding the Europeans pay for it."

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