Safranim shalom:
I would like to bring to your attention a recent pamphlet describing 12th grade Palestinian textbooks. It is free for downloading from the Palestinian MediaWatch site. >From Nationalist Battle To Religious Conflict: New 12th Grade Palestinian schoolbooks present a world without Israel Palestinian MediaWatch February 2007 35pgs http://www.pmw.org.il/BookReport_Eng.pdf (excerpt from the executive summary) Fighting Israel is a religious battle of Islam PA educators teach that fighting Israel is not merely a territorial conflict, but also a religious battle for Islam. The schoolbooks define the conflict with Israel as Ribat for Allah" one of the actions related to Jihad for Allah, and it means: "Being found in areas where there is a struggle between Muslims and their enemies". [Islamic Education, grade 12, p. 86] Israel is thus stigmatized as existing on Islams land, and fighting Israel is transformed from an Arab nationalistic goal into an uncompromising battle for God. Moreover, the youth are taught that their specific conflict with Israel - Ribat for Palestine is one of the greatest of the Ribat and they [Palestinians] are worthy of a great reward from Allah. David Elazar Rishon LeZion, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/d_elazar (home page) eVoicemail (413) 581-4711 (USA) eFax (801) 672-2976 (USA) Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
