"The Palestinian Authority's current school curriculum 'is more radical than the curriculum that came before" and "is suffused with ideas of martyrdom [and] Jihad,' according to an international monitoring organization.
IMPACT-se, a research and policy institute that analyzes how textbooks measure up to (UNESCO) standards for acceptance, peace and tolerance, claimed the curriculum encouraged children to martyr themselves, and even to count martyrs in math problems like most children would count apples...
IMPACT-se and other organizations also presented examples of anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish content in Palestinian textbooks last month at the 99th session of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Switzerland...
IMPACT-se's CEO Marcus Sheff ... also noted that legislation introduced in the United States in April of this year has the goal of preventing hate in school curricula.
'Legislation passing through the House Foreign Affairs Committee, H.R.2343, is an opportunity for the U.S. Congress to add its voice to that of the European Parliament and the United Nations in demanding that the hate in the curriculum is removed once and for all,' Sheff said.
The legislation, known as the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act, would 'require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports reviewing the educational material used by the Palestinian Authority or the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in the West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes.'
The bill says the new Palestinian curricula 'fail to meet the international standards of peace and tolerance" and textbooks "demonize Israel, encourage war, and teach children that Palestinian statehood can be achieved through violence.'...
Sheff told Fox News despite the protests from Europe, the U.S. and the U.N., nothing has changed.
'[It's] the first week of the new school year and no changes have been made,' Sheff said. 'The Palestinian Authority is ignoring international institutions' concerns over hate in its curriculum.'..."