This Newsweek article is based on a report produced by Impact SE- whose board includes a former Israeli Ambassador, a former FDD member, a member of AIPAC. Most of their reports have focused on Palestine and Muslim majority countries. They did a report on Saudi, which found
a lot of evidence of anti semitism in the curriculum which has been widely discussed. It has also done a report on the UAE - which was not a curriculum review but rather a focus on the UAE's moral education program - far more limited and does not mention anti semitism. It is
Interesting that both the UAE and Qatar report come out at the time of UAEs normalization with Israel. The report on UAE while preliminary and limited positions the UAE as a regional leader on textbook reform. Not quite sure how this could be determined without a review of other
Countries. Obviously not saying the reports don't have value, but there are questions about them being used as selective strategic communications tools
A larger question is why an org focused on tolerance does not seem to have a diverse board, and focuses solely on muslim majority countries
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