Comparison of Israeli, Palestinian, and Syrian Textbooks - This is Scary

Thw World After WTC - a War Blog by Bjoern Staerk ^ | 11/3/01 | Bjoern Staerk

[vrwc54]

More middle-east school books: The report I linked to below is one of several by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, which compares mutual characterizations in Israeli, Palestinian and Syrian textbooks. This is scary.

From Generation to Generation, Israel:

The Arabs were not simply cultural middlemen, they were also creators of culture. For example, they were the first to discover the existence of infectious diseases. They were also the first to build public hospitals. Because of their considerable contribution to various scientific fields, there are disciplines that to this day are called by their Arabic names, such as algebra.

The Contemporary History of the Arabs and the World, Palestine:

There are a number of reasons that caused the Europeans to persecute the Jews, everywhere they were: The Bible is full of texts that support the Jews' tendency to racial and religious zealotry, and they respond with the spirit of hatred toward the other nations… The Jews of Europe were hated because of their hostile Jewish belief towards Christianity, and their seclusion, they did not join the western societies and continued to view them with suspicion. Another reason for the hatred towards them was their taking over the economy…

Ancient History of the Arabs, Syria:

A mixed people, dazzled by the richness of the Canaanite cities and their civilization, crossed the river Jordan, which gave it the name "Hebrews". It began to engage the Canaanite city-states and to seize them one by one, inflicting ruin and destruction, using all sorts of treachery and deception in order to drive a wedge between the Canaanite city-states. It took advantage of the absence of a unified Canaanite state that would be able to stand against the avid invaders and drive them back, as the Zionists do today in Palestine while taking advantage of the disagreement and weakness that inflict the Arabs.

More: The Palestinian Ministry of Education defends itself against these "right-wing, anti-peace israeli" allegations. CMIP responds by hitting them over the head with their own books.

[j.cam]

This is excellent.

[vrwc54]

You explained it very well.

[weikel]

im pro israel but the histories of the ancient world agree the jews when they came into israel were barbarians who massacred the civilized cananites.

[American in Israel]

The 'civilized' Cannonites burned their first born sons alive in the arms of a statue heated to a dull red.
All people who lump together are not civilized.

[poet]

Those who cry Appease! Appease! are hanged by those they try to please. This is from "None Dare Call It Treason" book of the 60s. True then, true today.
I can't understand people who take an anti-war position
after they are attacked and are not willing to fight for their freedoms. It is cowardice & fear in the extreme IMO.
Then again, maybe I'm off base in my thinking.

[prognostigaator]

"You explained it well"...
keywords-...you can be anti-zionist without being ant-semitic.....
Zionists seem to equate the two.

[newwahoo]

"Those who cry Appease! Appease! are hanged by those they try to please."

You are right on target. And you did it with a rhyme! Not bad at all "Poet"...

[RaceBannon]

Le bump!

[vrwc54]

Great News:

EU money to be denied for Palestinian Authority schoolbooks

[Publius6961]

Great comparison, Ultra-orthodox with all Palestinians.

[poet]

Thank you, but, I can't take credit for the rhyme on this one. It was the author of the book I mentioned whose name escapes me at the moment.

[Alouette]

"It's true that the textbooks generally used in ultra-orthodox schools sometimes contain shocking and racist passages about the Arabs". Yohanan Manor, CMIP

Titles and page numbers, please!

[College Repub]

Going through old threads and waiting for Virgil's response bump...