Ministry for Diaspora Affairs | October 2024

Chapter 1 Antisemitism and Indoctrination Promoting the Destruction of Israel in Textbooks and Teacher Manuals

Liberation Through Violent Struggle 41 Instead of peace, textbooks often promote violent struggle for liberation through songs. The goal “the fight for freedom” is referenced to in the teacher’s guide: “The Zionists are the terrorists of the modern age. Their fate is to disappear.”

39 Demonization also infiltrates textbooks that usually do not deal with such subjects, unlike literature, geography, history, and social studies. Here is an example from a math textbook showing a broken palm tree with a geometry question related to it: ”Activity 1: Date farming is widespread in Palestine, particularly in Jericho, the Jordan Valley, Gaza, and Beit She’an. As a result of Israeli attacks on vegetation, some trees are broken. If one of the date palms, as shown in the picture, is broken, the part leaning toward the ground is 13 meters long, and the tree’s original height was 20 meters. Can you determine the angle at which the leaning part forms with the ground?”

(From “Teacher’s Guide, The Arabic Language,” Grade 6)

42 “We will learn our national anthem:

“Fida’i, 11 Fida’i, Fida’i, O my land, land of the ancestors Fida’i, Fida’i, Fida’i, O my people, eternal people With my resolve, my fire, and the volcano of my revenge, And with the longing of My blood for my land and my home I climbed Mountains and entered battles. I defeated The impossible shattered the chains. Fida’i, Fida’i, Fida’i, O my land, land of the ancestors Fida’i, Fida’i, Fida’i, O my people, eternal people In the storm of winds and the fire of weapons And my people’s resolve to continue the struggle, Palestine is my home and the path to my victory in Palestine Is my revenge and the land of steadfastness, Fida’i, Fida’i, Fida’i, O my land, land of the ancestors Fida’i, Fida’i, Fida’i, O my people, eternal people By the oath under the flag To my land, my people, and the fire of pain I will live as a Fida’i, I will continue And I will die. as a Fida’i until I return.” Fida’i, Fida’i, Fida’i, O my land, land of the ancestors Fida’i, Fida’i, Fida’i

(“Mathematics,” 9th grade, Part B) 40 And in the context of alleged Israeli harm to Palestinian farmers and produce: “...releasing herds of wild boars that caused damage to residents and their crops...”

(“Social Studies,” 9th grade, Part A)

Fida’i, Fida’i, O my people, eternal people (“National and Social Nurture,” 3rd grade, Part A)

11 Padai - A person who sacrifices themselves. A traditional Islamic term now used to describe members of Palestinian terrorist organizations.

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