Ministry for Diaspora Affairs | UNRWA

Organizational Identity Card – Provision of Assistance to Palestinians who are Defined as Refugees throughout the Middle East Employing UNRWA School Teachers 09

who Support Terrorism

4. Aggravation Following Recent Events The trends mentioned above have intensified following the massacre committed by Hamas and other terrorist organizations on Simchat Torah (October 7th). This has led to increased incitement and hatred supervised by teaching staff in various schools in Judea and Samaria. Extremist Content in Educational Messages Following the October 7th massacre, the Palestinian Authority's education system and institutional social networks have displayed extremist content:

a. Teachers' Organization Statement (October 10th, 2023) The Palestinian Teachers' Organization published a letter glorifying the Hamas massacre, stating: "Today our Palestinian people are in the most wonderful war that humiliates the oppressive occupation and the best of its soldiers are in a state of defeat at the hands of the best of our Palestinian people... The violent Israeli bombardment that hit civilian homes, residential towers, mosques and universities proves the confusion of the current occupation and its inability to fight the heroes of the Palestinian resistance... The heroes of the resistance tore and trampled their own army... (Israel's)

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