The Hamas government in Gaza accused UNRWA on Tuesday of unlawfully printing and disseminating school textbooks dealing with human rights in a way that offends Palestinian cultural sensitivities.
Education Ministry spokesman Mu’tasim Al-Minawi said, “The vast majority of examples [in the books] refer to [Mahatma] Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Helen Suzman, the Soweto Uprising, the Magna Carta and Apartheid,” and focused on “peaceful resistance as the only way of achieving freedom and independence.”
Al-Minawi charged that the entire curriculum is dedicated “to domesticate the psyche of the Palestinian pupil, fostering negative feelings toward armed resistance.”
The ministry called on UNRWA to stop teaching its current human rights curriculum and called on all teachers to refuse to teach the material, which “contaminates the minds of our dear students.”
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}
UNRWA has no business meddling in the Gazan affairs as they are not a body of the UN.
Why doesn’t the UN stop meddling in Arab affairs? Let them stick to what they do best!
Who does UNRWa think they are? they have no jurisdiction on internal educational models for the Gazans. secondly, it is antithetical to the Gazans’ entire philopsophy. what are they thinking?
Why can’t the UN meddle in someone else’s issues?
Domesticating a rabid dog is what they are trying to do. what foolishness!!!
Once again the UN is trying to bully a poor minority .shame shame.
the insipid ideas of UN rot that permeates their chambers is wafting into Gaza and mixing with their putrid smell.
this is purely an internal matter and should be treated as such.
the impudence of UNRWA continues unabated as once again they deign to promulgate their outdated educational models on a progressive Gazan society
Huh? Either commentators 1-9 didn’t read the article or they are Arabs infiltrating this site. The UN is a disaster but it seems here that they’re attempting to do something semi-sensible.
what i dont get is why the same person wrote 9 comments
The palestinians want a death certificate with their prayers for anyone who has a heart of human kindness. Never Again.
Wow. Looks like everyone here is getting into the Adar spirit!
to #10: what exactly do you disagree with in #1-9? they are a viewpoint promulgated by variegated minds and feflect a hue and vista of millions.
well number 14
i hope you wont complain if you get blown up!