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The video discusses the ongoing struggle over education in Jerusalem amid Israeli attempts to undermine Palestinian identity through control and distortion of the Palestinian curriculum. Since the year 2000, when unified Palestinian curricula were first introduced across Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation has intensified efforts to delegitimize and suppress these curricula. Accusations have been made internationally that Palestinian textbooks incite hatred, leading to the cessation of European and international support for printing these books. Instead, funding shifted to studies aimed at scrutinizing the Palestinian curricula for alleged incitement.
The Israeli occupation has employed multiple tactics to erode Palestinian educational sovereignty: distorting textbooks by removing references to Palestinian national identity (such as the right of return, Jerusalem as the capital, and Al-Aqsa Mosque), reducing the number of schools teaching Palestinian curricula, building schools that teach the Israeli curriculum, and pressuring parents and school principals to adopt the Israeli system. This includes budget cuts, school closures, threats of arrest, and direct interventions by Israeli intelligence, such as raids and interrogations targeting schools and educators.
The video highlights the systematic nature of these policies under the current right-wing Israeli government, which aims to replace Palestinian identity with an Israeli narrative, especially in Jerusalem. It contrasts the accusations against Palestinian curricula with the reality of Israeli curricula, which include overt incitement and glorification of violence against Palestinians, yet are overlooked by authorities.
In response, Palestinian educational and community institutions have taken legal action, organized protests and strikes, and developed awareness campaigns to preserve the Palestinian curriculum as the dominant educational framework in Jerusalem. The Ministry of Education remains actively engaged with local stakeholders to strengthen Palestinian identity through education, viewing it as the last stronghold in Jerusalem against the occupation’s attempts at cultural erasure.
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Notable Quotes
— 01:28 — « Attempts to control education have become strong, and the Palestinian curricula have been accused of being incitement against the peace process, trying to teach its children hatred of others and not humanity. »
— 03:28 — « Everything related to national affiliation was amputated. The Palestinian student became curious, meaning what was in place of this blank place? »
— 05:10 — « The occupation worked through a series of steps to obliterate this identity by not increasing the number of classes that teach our students the Palestinian curricula, reducing the number of schools that teach Palestinian curricula and building other schools that teach the Israeli Bigot curricula. »
— 08:56 — « The real danger comes from the occupation in the process of complete control over Jerusalem, especially under the new racist right-wing extremist Netanyahu government. »
— 12:32 — « Education is our last stronghold in Jerusalem, and we must preserve it with all our strength. »
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