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IMPACT-SE Al Fateh European Tour- May 2009 (pdf, 701 mb)

IMPACT-SE set out in May 2009 to present its findings on Al-Fateh, the Hamas Web Magazine for Children in Belgium, France and Spain. The object of the tour was to help stem the growing trend in Europe calling for dialog and engagement with Hamas, by raising awareness and demonstrating to European parliamentarians and policymakers the true nature of Hamas and its anti-Western, anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic ideology, so that they take it into account when considering changing official Quartet policy of non-recognition and non-engagement vis-à-vis Hamas.

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Hamas Web Magazine for Children Incites to Terror, Annihilation and Self-Destruction - Update May 2009

IMPACT-SE recently completed its report on Al-Fateh (http://al-fateh.net), the Hamas web magazine for Children, which serves as its internet educational instrument, supports its ideology and terrorist activities, and serves as a platform for Hamas propaganda and indoctrination, especially of Palestinian, and more generally, Arab and Muslim, children. Politically, the website’s consistent message is a call for the destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic state in its stead....

Full Report (pdf, 1.13 mb)
Full Report - Francais (pdf, 2 mb)

 

The Attitude to the "Other" and to Peace in Tunisian School Textbooks:
A Preliminary Report
- October 2008

IMPACT-SE has recently concluded a preliminary report on the curriculum of Tunisia. The results are extraordinary: following reforms of revolutionary proportions carried out by the Ministry of Education, the Tunisian schoolbooks, in stark contrast with most Middle Eastern curricula, emphasize the importance of tolerance, peace and dialog with the “other,” equality between all human groups, openness toward the “other” and its culture (that is, the West), use of religion for universal rapprochement, and restriction of the ideals of jihad and martyrdom to historical events. The full report is due in mid 2009.

Preliminary Report (pdf, 107 kb)

 

IMPACT-SE 2007-2008 Annual Report (pdf, 958 kb)

Over the past year, IMPACT-SE has broadened the scope of its research, published several reports and op-eds, presented its material in panels and briefings and committed itself to myriad projects in the field of research and advancement of education for peace and tolerance.

 

Highlights

 
IMPACT-SE at the international conference: “Beyond the gap between the West and the Islamic world: A French American Dialogue”
December 11-13, 2008
IMPACT-SE Chairman, Dr. Yohanan Manor, participated in this conference attended by researchers, civil society activists, political analysts and diplomats from Europe, the US and the Arab world. It was organized by the French-American Foundation, Foreign Policy and Science Po, which took place at the Académie Diplomatique Internationale in Paris.
   


IMPACT-SE Presentation at European Parliament
November 11, 2008 - PowerPoint (pdf, 297 kb)
IMPACT-SE Chairman Dr. Yohanan Manor, Director of Research Dr. Arnon Groiss and Director of Communications David Oman presented some of its latest research at a breakfast briefing at the European Parliament on November 11, entitled: “The Way to Peace in the Middle East: the Role of School Education and Cultural Tolerance through Schoolbooks.”

   

Other Recent Updates


IMPACT-SE Briefs Latin American Journalists on Anti-Semitism in Middle Eastern Schoolbooks - December 3, 2008
IMPACT-SE Director of Research, Dr. Arnon Groiss, briefed a group of Latin American Journalists touring Israel on the harsh anti-Semitic trends found in the majority of Middle Eastern curricula studied by IMPACT-SE (Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority and Iran), barring the Tunisian curriculum, which stands in stark contrast with the rest.

"Palestinian Textbooks: From Arafat to Abbas and Hamas"
Newly produced documents relating to the report on "Palestinian Textbooks: From Arafat to Abbas and Hamas":
Education for Peace and Tolerance: Groundbreaking Arab-Israeli Cooperation in Op-eds:
November 8, 2008
Anti-Semitism in Middle Eastern Schoolbooks
International Conference on Anti-Semitism, November 6, 2008
IMPACT-SE Director of Research Dr. Arnon Groiss gave a presentation entitled ‘The Jews’ Image in Current Middle Eastern Schoolbooks’ at the International Conference on Anti-Semitism at the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, the Czech Republic.