Ministry for Diaspora Affairs | October 2024

(The lesson objectives listed in the teacher’s guide - The Arabic Language, Grade 5): • To mention the name of the group led by Dalal and the number of its members. • To determine Dalal’s age when she fell as a martyr. • To clarify the purpose of the bus hijacking carried out by Dalal and her group. • To detail the battle’s outcome between the occupying forces and Dalal’s group. Dalal al-Mughrabi appears as a role model in other textbooks and teacher guides. For instance, students must “write a report on the Palestinian fighter Dalal al-Mughrabi.”

(From the textbook “Belief,” Grade 11 [Sharia track])

Glorification of Terrorists 50 Terrorism is presented as an integral part of the liberation struggle. The violent aspect of the battle is emphasized, especially by honoring terrorists praised in the Palestinian educational system for their actions, which led to deaths, injuries, or imprisonment. This goes hand in hand with glorification in the media and providing financial incentives and rewards to them or their families. 51 The most prominent example of glorifying terrorists is Dalal al-Mughrabi, who led the 1978 coastal highway terror attack, in which over 30 Israeli civilians were killed. Here is an excerpt from the book “The Arabic Language,” Grade 5, Part B, where the first page of a four-page chapter glorifies her actions: “Author’s Team - Against the text: Our Palestinian history is filled with many names of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the homeland. Among them is the martyr Dalal al-Mughrabi, who, through her struggle, created a picture of defiance and heroism that has made her memory eternal in our hearts and minds. The text before us discusses an aspect of her struggle.”

(From the teacher’s guide in “Social Studies,” Grade 9)

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