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More disturbing than American Arabs refusing to admit that Hamas and other Islamist terror groups were responsible for the devastation of Gaza (“Column: Arabs in America Blame All Others — But Themselves” Boulder Jewish News March 27, 2025) is the fact that a recent “revision” of Palestinian school curriculum, undertaken to prevent the European Union from carrying out a threatened reduction in funding to Palestinian schools, has not, in fact, removed anti-Jewish and anti-Israel content nor has the revision toned down its glorification of martyrdom; its calling on school children to join the jihad against Israel and Jews; its portrayal of Zionists as illegitimate colonizers of Palestinian land.
www.thejc.com/news/israel/gaza-schools-reopen-glorifying-violent-jihad-x3l04mw0
Furthermore, this is not the only case of Palestinian dissimulation. In attempting to get around Israel’s withholding taxes collected for the PA (an effort to bankrupt the PA’s Martyr’s Fund that supports the Pay for Slay program), the PA has announced the replacement of the Fund with a social welfare fund which the PA claims would make payments solely based on a family’s needs.
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/02/palestinian-authority-pay-for-slay-payments-terrorists-abbas
Israel remains skeptical about these promises, noting that some of its own security personnel had been convinced, prior to October 7, 2023, that Hamas was not planning to break the peace treaty in effect at that time.
How Hamas duped Israel as it planned devastating attack | Reuters
Yet, recent anti-Hamas demonstrations have boosted hopes for a path to peace among some Israelis.
Gaza uprising: Why Israel should support the anti-Hamas protests – The Jerusalem Post
Not surprisingly, Hamas supporters have accused Israel of instigating the protests while continuing to praise Hamas for its resistance against the “Occupation.”
Hamas claims growing Gaza protests against its rule actually aimed at Israel | The Times of Israel
Toby F. Block
Atlanta, GA
