In 2020 the opening carried Israel's charge that Palestinian textbooks instill “anti-Semitic attitudes” and incite children to violence, with antisemitism mentioned 5 times. Today it opens with Israeli textbooks that “dehumanize Palestinian Arabs”, and antisemitism is down to 2.
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Textbooks in Israel and the Palestinian territories have been an issue within the larger Israeli–Palestinian conflict .1Several studies have been done on Palestinian textbooks. A report by IMPACT-SE listed troubling references throughout all grades and subjects to anti-Semitic content and imagery, hate speech , and incitement to violence , martyrdom , and jihad . According to the EU -commissioned Georg Eckert Institute [ de ] , Palestinian textbooks display anti-Semitic narratives. Consulate General in Jerusalem commissioned studies from IPCRI – Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information . The Hebrew University 's Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace has also published papers on this issue.2From 2019 to 2023, the European Parliament passed four resolutions denouncing the Palestinian Authority for the "hateful" content of its textbooks and stipulating that any future financing for education be conditioned on the removal of anti-Semitic content.3The 2023 resolution made a direct connection between textbook material and Palestinian terrorism for the first time, highlighting the need of education and giving students access to unbiased and impartial textbooks in light of the growing involvement of teenagers in terrorist activities. Textbooks in Israel also have been studied and some problems found. Israel has ordered the word Nakba , meaning disaster or catastrophe and which refers to the foundation of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent forced flight of the Palestinians from Israel-captured land, to be removed from Israeli Arab textbooks. The term was introduced in books for use in Arab schools in 2007 when the Education Ministry was run by Yuli Tamir of the Labor party . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the ban by saying that the term was "propaganda against Israel." Israel has used the issue as a cornerstone of its Hasbara campaign against the Palestinian Authority .4 Palestinians say that their textbooks rightly focus on their own national narrative, which includes the privations of life under occupation. Report on Palestinian Textbooks Georg Eckert Institute (2019-2021) "EU holds PA funds after reform of antisemitic textbooks fails" . "Israel bans "catastrophe" term from Arab schools" .5 "Yale professor blasts 'blindness' of Israeli Education Minister over school textbook report" .
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Israel has frequently accused Palestinian textbooks of instilling anti-Semitic attitudes and inciting Palestinian children to commit violence or terrorism . As a result of these accusations, analyses of Palestinian textbooks have been performed by various research institutions. Consulate General in Jerusalem commissioned studies from the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information ( IPCRI ). In Europe the Georg Eckert Institute performed research. The Hebrew University 's Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace has also published papers on this issue. Senate subcommittee and the Political Committee of the European Parliament have both held hearings about Palestinian textbooks.
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Textbooks in Israel and the Palestinian territories issued by the Palestinian Authority have been an issue within the larger Israeli–Palestinian conflict .Several studies have been done on Palestinian text books.Consulate General in Jerusalem commissioned studies from IPCRI – Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information . In Europe the Georg Eckert Institute performed research. The Hebrew University 's Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace has also published papers on this issue. Senate subcommittee and the Political Committee of the European Parliament have both held hearings about Palestinian textbooks. Israel has used the issue as a cornerstone of its Hasbara campaign against the Palestinian Authority .Palestinians say that their textbooks rightly focus on their own national narrative, which includes the privations of life under occupation.A comprehensive three year study (2009–2012), regarded by its researchers as ' the most definitive and balanced study to date on the topic,' found that incitement, demonization or negative depictions of the other in children's education was "extremely rare" in both Israeli and Palestinian school texts, with only 6 instances discovered in over 9,964 pages of Palestinian textbooks, none of which consisted of "general dehumanising characterisations of personal traits of Jews or Israelis".Israeli officials rejected the study as biased, while Palestinian Authority officials claimed it vindicated their view that their textbooks are as fair and balanced as Israel's.Textbooks in Israel also have been studied and some problems found.Israel has ordered the word Nakba , meaning disaster or catastrophe and which refers to the foundation of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent forced flight of the Palestinians from Israel-captured land, to be removed from Israeli Arab textbooks.The term was introduced in books for use in Arab schools in 2007 when the Education Ministry was run by Yuli Tamir of the Labour party.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the ban by saying that the term was "propaganda against Israel." Roger Avenstrup (December 18, 2004)."Yale professor blasts 'blindness' of Israeli Education Minister over school textbook report" ."Israel bans "catastrophe" term from Arab schools" .
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Textbooks in Israel and the Palestinian territories issued by the Palestinian Authority have been an issue within the larger Israeli–Palestinian conflict . Several studies have been done on Palestinian textbooks. Consulate General in Jerusalem commissioned studies from IPCRI – Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information . In Europe the Georg Eckert Institute performed research. The Hebrew University 's Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace has also published papers on this issue. Senate subcommittee and the Political Committee of the European Parliament have both held hearings about Palestinian textbooks. Israel has used the issue as a cornerstone of its Hasbara campaign against the Palestinian Authority . Palestinians say that their textbooks rightly focus on their own national narrative, which includes the privations of life under occupation. A comprehensive three-year study (2009–2012), regarded by its researchers as 'the most definitive and balanced study to date on the topic', found that incitement, demonization or negative depictions of the other in children's education was "extremely rare" in both Israeli and Palestinian school texts, with only 6 instances discovered in over 9,964 pages of Palestinian textbooks, none of which consisted of "general dehumanising characterisations of personal traits of Jews or Israelis". Israeli officials rejected the study as biased, while Palestinian Authority officials claimed it vindicated their view that their textbooks are as fair and balanced as Israel's. Textbooks in Israel also have been studied and some problems found. Israel has ordered the word Nakba , meaning disaster or catastrophe and which refers to the foundation of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent forced flight of the Palestinians from Israel-captured land, to be removed from Israeli Arab textbooks. The term was introduced in books for use in Arab schools in 2007 when the Education Ministry was run by Yuli Tamir of the Labour party. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the ban by saying that the term was "propaganda against Israel." Roger Avenstrup (December 18, 2004). "Yale professor blasts 'blindness' of Israeli Education Minister over school textbook report" . "Israel bans "catastrophe" term from Arab schools" .
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Textbooks in Israel and the Palestinian territories have emerged as an issue within the larger Israeli–Palestinian conflict .Textbooks in Israel have been found to contain narratives that dehumanize Palestinian Arabs, or provide justification for or skip over historical topics related to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories , such as war crimes like the Deir Yassin massacre .Studies on Palestinian textbooks have highlighted hateful imagery and content.In response to such findings, from 2019 to 2023 the European Parliament passed four resolutions denouncing the Palestinian Authority for the content of its textbooks and stipulating that any future financing for education be conditioned on improvements.Israel has used the topic of Palestinian textbooks as a Hasbara tool against the Palestinian Authority . Palestinians say that their textbooks rightly focus on their own national narrative, which includes the privations of life under occupation. "Yale professor blasts 'blindness' of Israeli Education Minister over school textbook report" .
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Textbooks in Israel and Palestine have emerged as an issue within the larger Israeli–Palestinian conflict . Textbooks in Israel have been found to contain narratives that dehumanize Palestinian Arabs, or provide justification for or skip over historical topics related to Israeli occupation of Palestine , such as war crimes like the Deir Yassin massacre . Studies on Palestinian textbooks have highlighted hateful imagery and content. In response to such findings, from 2019 to 2023 the European Parliament passed four resolutions denouncing the Palestinian Authority for the content of its textbooks and stipulating that any future financing for education be conditioned on improvements. Israel has used the topic of Palestinian textbooks as a Hasbara tool against the Palestinian Authority . Palestinians say that their textbooks rightly focus on their own national narrative, which includes the privations of life under occupation. The Times of Israel . "Yale professor blasts 'blindness' of Israeli Education Minister over school textbook report" .
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“antisemitism” appeared 5 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
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Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
Where the word went
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“antisemitism” now appears 6× under 2011 IMPACT-SE report, 89% of the way down the article
“terror” now appears 1× under 2019-2021 Georg Eckert Institute Report, 78% of the way down the article
“jihad” now appears 1× under Criticism from panel members, 67% of the way down the article
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1998 UNRWA review772 characters
2000 CMIP report1,304 characters
2002 Georg Eckert Institute comparison537 characters
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