Great journalism by @yardenas @ForeignPolicy: "My visit was cut short by UNRWA administrators, however, when I tried to speak with students about their curriculum inside the school. [But] I then caught up with several as they were beginning to walk home..."foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/05/unr…
"My interpreter and I introduced ourselves and asked students if they could tell us a bit about their lessons at school. The children were eager to speak.
Asked what they are taught about the martyrs of Palestine, a 5th grade student replied that..."
Asked what they are taught about the martyrs of Palestine, a 5th grade student replied that..."
"...her class had just learned about Dalal Mughrabi (the perpetrator of the Coastal Road massacre who I had been told was no longer a part of the UNRWA curriculum).
'They taught us that she is a hero,' she said, showing us the page in her textbook."
'They taught us that she is a hero,' she said, showing us the page in her textbook."
"'We are taught that martyrs go to a very high level of heaven,' said another girl.
Asked what they have learned regarding peace at school, the second girl replied: 'We haven't learned about peace. This is for older students.'"
Asked what they have learned regarding peace at school, the second girl replied: 'We haven't learned about peace. This is for older students.'"
"When we met a 9th grade student, we asked her what she had learned at school about the two-state solution. 'We are taught to defend Palestine, so there can be no two-state solution.'
All of these interviews were conducted in the streets of Shuafat and not inside the school."
All of these interviews were conducted in the streets of Shuafat and not inside the school."
"When we passed the gates of the school several hours after we had left, one of the guards came to the entrance to remind us we were not welcome there."
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