Labibeh Iskandarani, October 4, 2017
Posted on 03/15/2023 6:33:59 AM PDT by Conservat1
A new study reveals that the UN aid agency, UNRWA, continues to educate Palestinian children about hatred and anti-Semitism, despite its commitments to avoid incitement. Thus, death and jihad were described in an Arabic grammar exercise as "the most important things in life", a Molotov cocktail attack on a bus was called a "barbecue party", and teachers glorified terrorists
Itamar Eichner, March 14, 2023
Tags: Palestinians, incitement, UNRA, Adolf Hitler, Gaza
Teachers and schools at UNRWA, the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees, routinely call for the murder of Jews, produce teaching materials that glorify terrorism, encourage jihad and suicide attacks, plot blood plots against Jews, and incite anti-Semitism. So reveals a new report presented today (Tuesday) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and produced by the human rights organization United Nations Watch and the international research and policy institute IMPACT-se, which researches and analyzes the contents of textbooks in the world to encourage contents of peace and tolerance. The report, which will also be presented later today to the American Congress, where the House of Representatives and the Senate are debating new laws that will lead to funding cuts to UNRWA, reveals 47 cases of incitement by UNRWA's educational teams. The report describes that the teams violated the agency's stated policy of "zero tolerance for racism, discrimination or antisemitism in schools and educational materials" in classrooms, in the study materials that the agency produces independently, as well as on social networks. The study included an analysis of more than 300 pages of institutional teaching materials written by UNRA's education and teacher departments, intended for use between the years 2021-2023. The content was taken from at least five visible sources, including Facebook, Telegram, and Palestinian educational websites on the Internet, which were studied in ten Various UNRA schools.
Study materials taught to Palestinian children "Hitler wake up, there are still some people you need to burn." A post published by a UNRA teacher in Syria
The study materials bear UNRA's logo, the names of its schools, and the details of the agency's education teams that contributed to the writing of the materials. The materials were produced, among others, by UNRA school principals, deputy principals, education experts, and teachers, all of whom sign their names on The violent and anti-Semitic content. Despite this, the inflammatory materials have been distributed in classrooms among thousands of students through a variety of platforms and channels, all of which are taught in aid agency classrooms.
However, the study materials in which the incitement was identified were left out of UNRA's new online education portal, which the agency claims is the only source of the learning materials it produces, and are published after strict content checks that ensure compliance with UN values. The report also reveals 133 UNRWA educators and staff who incited violence and anti-Semitism on social media, and 82 additional teaching staff associated with over 30 UNRWA schools involved in writing, supervising, approving, printing and distributing hateful content to students. The report described that the hatred in UNRWA is systemic, and its internal control and supervision mechanisms do not exist or systematically fail. Study materials taught to Palestinian children At a UNRWA school in Gaza, the terrorist who carried out the attack on the coastal road in 1973 was praised The organizations responsible for the production of the report, IMPACT-se and UN Watch, submitted the report to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Joseph Borrell, and German Chancellor Olaf Schulz. This is because the USA, Germany and the European Union are the three main financiers of the aid agency. The report was also submitted to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini.
Among the UNRWA officials who used social media for incitement purposes is Laviba Iskhandrani, an employee of the Syrian Aid Agency who shared a picture of Hitler. Iskhandrani praised Hitler and called him to "wake up because there are still some people you need to burn." Iskhandrani even "liked" For the reactions of other UNRWA employees who supported or shared the post. A teacher of UNRWA in Lebanon, Riyad Nimer, praised the commander of the Palestinian "Lion Den" organization, Ibrahim al-Nabolsi, as a "martyr" and a "noble of souls". Al-Nabolsi's squad was responsible for several attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, including Attacking Yosef's Tomb in Nablus Nimer also encouraged others to follow in al-Nabulsi's footsteps by posting the video of his funeral procession, which called for "Peace be upon the martyrs who commanded us to follow the path they took."
The arena in Bnei Brak
A teacher of the agency praised the terrorist. The scene of the attack in BneG Brak last year (Photo: Dana Kopel) UNRWA's math teacher in Syria, Adnan Shativi, praised the terrorist Da'a Hamaresha, who carried out the shooting attack in Bnei Brak last year. Shativi called Khamarsha a "martyr", and said that his name "may be written forever in the letters of fire, power and rehab". Kamarsha in a post on Facebook, called him "sublime" and called for "glory to his soul". Among the inciting study materials is an exercise in reading comprehension in the Arabic language, produced by UNRWA for 9th grade students at the "Al Mu'azi for boys 2" school in the Gaza Strip. The exercise included a story glorifying an attack in which a Jewish bus was set on fire with Molotov cocktails as a "barbecue party". In another text produced by UNRWA for the same school for the purpose of practicing Arabic vocabulary and grammar for 5th grade students, it was stated that death and jihad "are the most important and meaningful things in life". The report also described that the elementary school "Al-Zaytun A. Leibniz" in the mighty Gaza is also a terrorist and encouraged martyrdom. Thus, in two cases in September 2021 and March 2022, fifth graders learned to praise the terrorist Dalal Moghrabi, who carried out the "Bloody Bus" massacre on the coastal road in 1978, in which 38 Israeli citizens were killed, including 13 children.
About two years ago, UNRWA promised that all hate materials produced by it had been removed and were no longer distributed, and that any reported violation would be dealt with firmly. This was after the agency was forced to admit that its teachers had "accidentally" produced and distributed educational materials that were "inappropriate", in response to a previous Ynet publication on The studies known as IMPACT-se and UN Watch.
UNRWA pledged not to glorify the perpetrator of the attack.
The findings of the report also contradict the declarations and promises that UNRWA recently gave to its donor countries, according to which the agency uses maps that recognize the existence of Israel, that they do not study or glorify the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, that the "neutrality officers" employed by the agency take care of preventing the indoctrination of hate, and that there are effective mechanisms for monitoring and mapping all study materials that contain problematic content.
CEO of the IMPACT-se Institute, Marcus Sheff, said: "With a budget of 1.6 billion dollars, of which almost 60% is allocated to education, and a staff of 30,000 employees, this UN agency is probably the most highly funded educational initiative in history of international aid. However, our report today shows how UNRWA has consistently breached its duty to care for the children attending its schools. In the report, we provide detailed evidence on how UNRWA creates systemic educational content for Palestinian children that praises terrorism, incites violence, plots bloodshed against Israel and spreads anti-Semitism."
The CEO of UN Watch, Hillel Neuer, said: "UNRWA should be considered a partner in the inappropriate conduct of the organization's employees. Everywhere in the world, educators who incite hatred and violence are condemned, but UNRA, despite its statement of 'zero tolerance' Incitement, tends to employ workers who preach anti-Jewish hatred and terrorism. To be clear: the problem is not the posts on social networks, but the employment of teachers who preach anti-Semitism and terrorism."
Very scary indeed!
In 2018, the Trump administration ceased funding the UNRWA. It claimed the cut was needed to effect change and cause the Palestinians to “renew peace talks with Israel.” That, of course, did not happen. In fact, UNRWA should have been eliminated decades ago. Funding it is money down a rat hole.
I agree.
Ditto that!
The people running this country are either idiots or traitors or both. They’ve managed to get Russia, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia allied against us. Russia and Saudis should be our allies.
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