By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
In response to queries after yesterday's bulletin about Palestinian Authority (PA) support of terrorists fighting American and British soldiers in Iraq, PMW is providing additional significant material on this issue from Palestinian schoolbooks.
Palestinian support for those fighting American and British soldiers in Iraq is mainstream Palestinian ideology. One prominent and important example can be seen in the recently published PA 12th grade schoolbooks. In these newest PA schoolbooks, the relationship between the Islamic-Arab world and the West is described as a "Clash of Civilizations", led by the United States [Contemporary Problems, grade 12, p. 92.], and Iraq is cited quite frequently.
Islam is said to promote Human Rights [ibid, pp. 95-96], while the US and the West are described as "the colonialist states, [who] are taking advantage of it [human rights]" and "interfering in the matters of other states, as is happening in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur..." [ibid, p. 101] America is guilty of "violations of international humanitarian law in Iraq and Afghanistan..." [ibid, p. 108] Finally, the Palestinian children are taught that fighting against American and British soldiers in Iraq is "brave resistance to liberate Iraq" from "occupation" [History of the Arabs and the World in the 20th Century, grade 12, p. 147.],
These are the same opinions expressed this week by Fatah leader Mahmoud Ismail and documented in yesterday's PMW bulletin. Read more ...
In response to queries after yesterday's bulletin about Palestinian Authority (PA) support of terrorists fighting American and British soldiers in Iraq, PMW is providing additional significant material on this issue from Palestinian schoolbooks.
Palestinian support for those fighting American and British soldiers in Iraq is mainstream Palestinian ideology. One prominent and important example can be seen in the recently published PA 12th grade schoolbooks. In these newest PA schoolbooks, the relationship between the Islamic-Arab world and the West is described as a "Clash of Civilizations", led by the United States [Contemporary Problems, grade 12, p. 92.], and Iraq is cited quite frequently.
Islam is said to promote Human Rights [ibid, pp. 95-96], while the US and the West are described as "the colonialist states, [who] are taking advantage of it [human rights]" and "interfering in the matters of other states, as is happening in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur..." [ibid, p. 101] America is guilty of "violations of international humanitarian law in Iraq and Afghanistan..." [ibid, p. 108] Finally, the Palestinian children are taught that fighting against American and British soldiers in Iraq is "brave resistance to liberate Iraq" from "occupation" [History of the Arabs and the World in the 20th Century, grade 12, p. 147.],
These are the same opinions expressed this week by Fatah leader Mahmoud Ismail and documented in yesterday's PMW bulletin. Read more ...
Source: MEMRI
H/T: Atlas
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