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Syrian textbooks show pan-Arab content replaced by Islamist ideology, IMPACT-se finds

This Islamization of knowledge extends deeply across subjects, targeting foundational scientific theories like evolution, the Big Bang, and biological development.

|ByALEX CARSON
Schoolchildren attend class at the Zamalka mixed school on April 16, 2025 in the village of Jobar, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria; Illustrative.
Jordanian pupils return to school in the capital Amman, on February 7, 2021; Illustrative.

Jordanian school textbooks contain antisemitic, anti-Zionist themes, IMPACT-se finds

IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff described the findings as "concerning," particularly due to Jordan's status as a "key Western ally and one of Israel’s longest-standing peace partners."

|ByAARON GLICK
Afghan refugee schoolboys wearing protective face masks look on as they holds their schoolbooks while sitting in a classroom at the Farhang school in the first day of the new academic year in southern Tehran on November 1, 2021.

Iran’s textbooks promote violent martyrdom, normalize militarization, IMPACT-se finds

IMPACT-se says Iran’s Khomeinist ideology is deeply embedded in schools, with textbooks reflecting the regime’s political values, narratives, and agendas.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A slogan reading "Outside the Jewish Snakes" is written outside a Jewish synagoue in the central Greek town of Trikala, some 300 kilometers north of Athens, on December 31, 2019

Greek textbooks discuss Judaism, Holocaust in detail, but fall short on antisemitism

Greek textbooks give limited attention to local Jewish history and contributions to Greek society. Even though they include Jewish history and misfortunes, the books leave antisemitism behind.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

US State Department blasts Qatar for antisemitism in textbooks, citing IMPACT-se

Host nation of Hamas leadership teaches students antisemitic tropes and rejects normalization – despite Qatari leaders’ recurring encounters with Israeli officials

JULY 9, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the U.S.-Arab Quint Meeting with representatives from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian Authority, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2024.

Iraqi school textbooks scrutinized over antisemitism, Shi’ization

Report by research institute Impact-SE highlights worrying trends in the former home of the longest-standing Jewish diaspora.

MARCH 20, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
Shi’ite fighters pose with a black flag belonging to the Islamic State.

Palestinian textbooks feature misogyny funded by Europe, report finds

Palestinian Authority textbooks scrutinized: Gender biases, glorification of violence, and troubling narratives revealed.

MARCH 14, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
Palestinian schoolgirls read books in a library at school run by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) in Silwan in east Jerusalem October 10, 2018.

UNRWA school celebrates Hamas's 'jihad warriors' in Gaza - report

An UNRWA school in the West Bank posted a video of students celebrating Jihad against Jews, as several October 7 terrorists were found to have graduated from UNRWA schools in Gaza.

NOVEMBER 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian schoolgirls read books in a library at school run by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) in Silwan in east Jerusalem October 10, 2018.

Education monitor: Hamas terrorists were educated with radicalizing textbooks

IMPACT-SE has been monitoring textbook materials for years, and alleges that the curricula in UNRWA schools fail to challenge a culture of violence and antisemitism.

OCTOBER 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Biography of Hassan Suleiman Qatnani, a Hamas terrorist responsible for the murder of two Israeli women on October 7, and a graduate of an UNRWA school in Gaza.

Germany allocates €28 million to UNRWA

One of the agreements, which alone allocates 12 million Euros to UNRWA, is earmarked for the continuation of a program that aims to digitalize elements of UNRWA’s Health and Education services.

AUGUST 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
UNRWA employees take part in a sit-in demonstration, according to them against anticipated austerity measures within the organisation, in Amman, Jordan November 8, 2021.

Palestinian textbook bill gains bipartisan support in Congress

Palestinian schools use textbooks that promote antisemitism and violence against Israelis as well as erasing Israel's existence and legitimacy.

MAY 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian boy wearing a Hamas headband.

EU Parliament ‘deplores’ Palestinian textbook incitement - new resolution

This year’s resolution emphasized the need to remove antisemitic references and examples more than past versions.

MAY 10, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Workers adjust a European flag outside the EU Parliament ahead of the EU elections in Brussels

Those funding antisemitic Palestinian textbooks must be held accountable - editorial

The rising violence in the West Bank demonstrates that those foreign bodies that fund Palestinian textbooks must demand accountability.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
TEXTBOOKS SAID to be produced by the Palestinian Authority which contain anti-Israel and anti-Western bias are put on display on Capitol Hill by the NGO Palestine Media Watch.

Iranian students are also protesting against oppressive educations -opinion

Iranian students are taught that the world is divided between followers of Iran’s global revolution and those infidels who oppose it.

OCTOBER 14, 2022ByMARCUS SHEFF
DURING HIS address to the UN General Assembly, last month, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi holds up a picture of Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani. This year, the Iranian curriculum includes passages commemorating Soleimani’s martyrdom.