Israel Closes UNRWA Schools in Jerusalem Over Anti-Israel Terror Curriculum

UNRWA School Closures in Jerusalem

• 🇮🇱 Israel has closed six United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in eastern Jerusalem.
• 🏫 Students and teachers found the schools locked, with an uncertain future for their education.
• 💔 A student expressed distress over the sudden closure and the uncertainty of continuing her studies.

Allegations of Anti-Israel and Pro-Terrorist Curriculum

• 📚 Analysts claim UNRWA schools are teaching children to be anti-Israel and pro-terrorist.
• 📖 David Bedin of the Center for Near East Policy Research highlighted a textbook featuring a female terrorist glorified for murdering Jews.
• 🎯 The curriculum allegedly focuses on delegitimizing Israel's existence, demonizing Jews and Israelis, and lacks any call for peace.
• 📢 Bedin states this indoctrination continues in UNRWA schools in Bethlehem, Ramala, and Hebron.

Palestinian Public Opinion and Aid Distribution

• 📊 A recent poll indicates that half of Gazans approve of the October 7th Hamas attack.
• 🚫 A significant majority in Gaza and Judea/Samaria oppose disarming Hamas.
• 🇺🇸 The US Ambassador to Israel announced a new US-led plan for humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza.
• ⚠️ Aid distribution criteria include efficiency, safety for recipients, and preventing Hamas from accessing the aid.