Following are excerpts from Hamas TV:
Anchor: The Education Ministry declared that it was considering taking measures after UNWRA decided to introduce unauthorized curricula into its schools. These curricula are not in keeping with Palestinian culture, and are aimed at changing the way of thinking of Palestinian students, bringing them to accept the Zionist enemy, and teaching them that peaceful, not armed, resistance is the solution to the conflict.
According to the ministry’s communiqué, UNRWA wants to eradicate the culture of Palestinian students in their homeland.
Reporter: In occupied Palestine, students learn about human rights, but not about Palestinian rights. This is what UNRWA is doing in Gaza, by introducing curricula dealing with human rights in grades 7-9. These contain conceptual errors, as well as factual errors regarding the history of the Palestinian cause.
Official: In the tenth lesson of the third unit, they want to teach our children to burn their military uniforms. “Everyone has the right of freedom of speech, of thought, of conscience, and of religion – including the right to change his religion.” “When they reach the age of marriage, men and women have the right to marry and raise a family with whoever they want, regardless of gender or religion.”
In clause 14 on page 63, it says that anybody has the right to emigrate or seek refuge in another country, in order to flee persecution. In other words, they want to legitimize voluntary emigration, to abolish the rights of the refugees, and to ignore the Right of Return.
Reporter: In 2000, UNRWA introduced human rights curricula into its schools, along with other enrichment material, such as Arabic, Islamic culture, and social studies. This was by consent of the Ministry of Education and Culture.