More than a year and a half after the October 7 massacre, anti-Semitic and terror-glorifying content is part and parcel of students' curriculum. A study conducted in April reveals that the Palestinian Authority (PA), which is often presented as an "alternative" to the Hamas regime in Gaza, makes no effort to instill various content in its students, even in the area under its control.
On the contrary, the current curriculum prepared by the PA, which is supposed to meet UNESCO's standards on promoting peace and tolerance, includes antisemitic content and lessons that encourage them to commit acts of violence while justifying nationalism and religiosity. Everything is done under Israel's nose and without any real attempt to change the situation.
According to the IMPCAT-SE study, as early as fifth grade, students learn a reading comprehension text that glorifies "heroes, which include people identified with war, terrorism, and religious extremism. The text reads that "each of us wants to be like them," and also: "Their memory becomes eternal and people are proud of them. Every nation is proud of its heroes, because if it weren't for them, the nations would be humiliated."
The reading section lists examples such as Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, a Muslim from Syria who established the first terror cells against Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel. The military wing of Hamas is also named after him. Similarly, Khalil al-Sakakini, an educator at the beginning of the last century, who was a pan-Arab nationalist and supporter of Nazi Germany, is also mentioned as a role model.
