Ministry for Diaspora Affairs | October 2024

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

45 A more direct reference to the question of what to do with the Jews in the land-after the victory: ”We will sing and memorize: The Land of Nobles: I swore! I will sacrifice my blood to water the land of the nobles. And expel the plunderer [Israel] from my land and eradicate the remnants of the defeated foreigners O land of [the Al-Aqsa Mosque] and the sacred place, O cradle of pride and nobility Patience, patience, for victory, is ours, and the dawn is breaking through the darkness.” (“Our Beautiful Language,” 3rd grade, Part B [2019]) It should be noted that this song was replaced in 2020. 12

47 From “Arabic Language Guide 1,” 11th grade: “The teacher will also remind [the students] how Ribaat [guarding the frontiers] and jihad existed [in the past] and will continue to exist in Palestine and on its land until Judgment Day.” 48 “Activity 2: How, in your opinion, can we work together to liberate our homeland Palestine from the occupying Zionists?”

(From “Islamic Education,” Grade 5, Part A) The answer given in the teacher’s guide for a higher grade: “Jihad for the sake of God to liberate the homelands from the impurity of occupation.”

(From Teacher’s Guide, The Arabic Language, Grade 8) 49 Here is an explicit call to fight the Jews and kill them as part of advancing the Day of Judgment: “The struggle against the Jews and victory over them: The Messenger [Muhammad] prophesied the end of the oppression by the Jews in this holy land and the removal of their corruption and occupation. It was narrated by Abu Huraira [one of the Prophet’s companions and transmitters of his traditions] that the Prophet said: ‘The Hour will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them. Even if a Jew hides behind a rock or a tree, the rock or tree will say: O Muslim, O servant of God, a Jew is hiding behind me, come and kill him. Except for the salt tree, for it is from the trees of the Jews.’”

46 Similar to the integration of religious-Islamic messages in the context of delegitimization and demonization, Palestinian textbooks mix Islamic concepts and values like holy war (jihad) and martyrdom (shahada) as part of the land’s liberation.

12 However, this song is sung both in the classroom and outside of it/ S see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yan7tf3E6UU. The UNRWA school at the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem posted a picture of the song https://www.facebook.com/muntheralahmer/photos/pb.100046240427811.-2207520000/282879283401976/?type=3

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