The Christian Broadcasting Network

Browse Videos

Share Email

Israeli Experts: UNRWA Textbooks Draw Palestinian Children Toward Terrorism

Israeli Experts: UNRWA Textbooks Draw Palestinian Children Toward Terrorism Read Transcript


- [Julie] Lady with a Palestinian scarf

appears harmless, right?

- But, who is this?

Dalal Mughrabi, who led a terrorist attack

and murdered 38 people,including 13 children

on the Coastal Road of Israel in 1978.

- [Julie] Her picture appears

in the fifth gradeArabic language textbook.

It's part of a

(muffled speaking)four-page lesson

that hails Mughrabi asa martyr who painted

with her struggle a pictureof challenge and heroism.

The text in front of us provides

a glance on the path of her struggle.

- In these four pages,they're praising her

and saying what a hero she was

and how the younger generation

needs to act exactly the same as she did.

(muffled speaking)- Israeli Knesset member

Sharren Haskel and David Bedein

of the Israel Resource News Agency

spoke to journalists about reform

they believe need to happen.

- Some of the major problems with UNRWA

(people yelling)are perpetuating the conflict

and perpetuating thehatred and the violence

between Palestinians and Israelis.

- [Julie] CBN News asked UNRWA about

the textbooks and education system.

(muffled speaking)In a written statement,

spokesman Christoper Gunnesstold us UNRWA teaches

in accordance with UNvalues and principles.

By convention, we teach thecurriculum of host countries,

i.e., the PA curriculumin the occupied territory.

We review every book we use.

We check for genderbias, age appropriateness

and political neutrality.

On average, we have foundless than 3% of the pages

we have reviewed to be problematic.

We have frameworks andprocedures for supporting

our teachers in dealing withthese passages in the books.

There are 515,000 Palestinian children

in the UNRWA school system.

Bedein says if even 2% takeup the terror challenge,

that would create morethan 10,000 terrorists.

Bedein sees other issues with UNRWA.

- UNRWA is different from anyother refugee organization,

'cause other refugee organizations

help people get on with their lives.

UNRWA, as a policy, teaches the concept

of the right of return by force of arms.

- [Julie] That so-called rightof return is also exaggerated

by the very definitionof Palestinian refugees.

- UNRWA's got a completelydifferent refugee definition

than any other international organization.

In UNRWA, a refugeestatus can be inherited,

which means that they do not fulfill

their basic agenda forwhat they were created for.

It continues to build biggerand bigger refugee camps,

give them permanent housing,give them permanent healthcare,

give them a permanent education system.

This is the role of acountry, not a relief agency.

Haskell and Bedein hope thatPresident Trump's action to cut

(muffled speaking)funding will force

UNRWA to make changes.

Julie Stahl, CBN News, Jerusalem.

EMBED THIS VIDEO


CBN.com | Do You Know Jesus? | Privacy Notice | Prayer Requests | Support CBN | Contact Us | Feedback
© 2012 Christian Broadcasting Network