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  • Arabs, Islam and Palestinians in Israeli Textbooks : A Preliminary Update (pdf, 994 kb)
    Yael Teff-Seker, November 2009
    IMPACT-SE has recently started a review of Israeli schoolbooks used in school year 2009-2010. It has discovered that the encouraging fundamentals found in the previous report persisted and even strengthened, namely: regarding the "other" as first and foremost a human being; overcoming suspicion, hatred and prejudices; knowing and respecting Islam and Arabs; admitting the legitimacy of the rival national movement and; presenting conflict in a balanced way. Despite deterioration of Palestinian-Israeli relations after the second Intifada and the deep disenchantment with the peace process among Palestinians, peace is still considered something that might and should happen one day, and is presented as obviously positive and worthwhile for all sides.
  • Peace and the "Other" in Tunisian Schoolbooks - Concise Final Report (pdf, 790 kb)
    Dr. Arnon Groiss, November 2009
    IMPACT-SE has concluded a report on Tunisia's schoolbooks. 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 (militant) jihad and martyrdom to historical events. Thus, provided they apply the above tenants within the context of the Middle East conflict, the Tunisian schoolbooks may serve as a model for Arab and Muslim countries regarding the attitude toward the "other" and to peace. A concise report has been compiled from the full report, which will be available here soon.
  • Palestinian Schoolbooks: An Updated Conclusion (pdf, 43 kb)
    Dr. Arnon Groiss, October 2009
    IMPACT-SE has studied the Palestinian Authority schoolbooks used in the current school year (2009-2010), and has come to the conclusion that although positive changes have occurred in the books during the last two years, they still do not amount to forming a clear departure from the negative fundamentals in PA schoolbooks regarding the attitude to the Jewish and Israeli “other” and to peaceful resolution of the Middle Eastern conflict.
  • Al-Fateh European Tour Media Reactions
    As part of, and following IMPACT-SE's presentations across Europe in May 2009 (see report below), several articles and interviews were published in the media in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
  • IMPACT-SE Al Fateh European Tour- May 2009 (pdf, 701 kb)
    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... [Read more (pdf, 701 kb)]

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