Prime Minister Salam Fayyad expresses his satisfaction with
a main finding of a study initiated by the Council of Religious
Institutions of the Holy Land in 2009, that confirms that Palestinian
textbooks do not contain any form of blatant incitement, which is based
on contempt towards the ‘other’.
Dr. Fayyad stated; "This study, which was recently
completed by a group of expert researchers and analysts from different
nationalities, proves what we have repeatedly affirmed in response to
allegations that have now been invalidated". He added, "From the onset,
we took all measures to extend the highest degree of cooperation with
the researchers, especially from the Ministry of Education. This
cooperation stemmed from our firm conviction of the significance of the
issue and the need to discuss it on objective and professional bases,
rather than pre-conceived notions and stereotypes".
Dr. Fayyad also affirms that he issued his instructions to
the Ministry of Education to study the report thoroughly and to use its
conclusions as a guide in the ongoing efforts to develop school
curriculums aimed at keeping up to date with developments and achieving
total harmony with our people’s deeply rooted principles of coexistence,
tolerance, justice, and human dignity, which constitute a principal
component of the system of moral values on which the independent state
of Palestine will be established.
Finally, Fayyad calls on the government of Israel to deal
with the study in the same spirit and to abandon its stated position in
this regard. He also calls on the Israeli government to desist from
attempts to detract from the objectivity and professionalism of the
study because its conclusions are not in line with its standing
preconceived positions.
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The study was initiated by the Council of Religious Institutions of
the Holy Land comprised of the Chief Rabbis of Israel, the Minister of
Religious Affairs of the Palestinian Authority, the Greek, Armenian and
Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem and the Anglican and Lutheran Bishops of
the Holy Land. The study was fully funded by the U.S. State Department.
The full study report and the translated quotes from the schoolbooks
will be available for download as of Feb. 4, at 2:30 a.m. ET at www.IsraeliPalestinianSchoolbooks.blogspot.com
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