School textbooks issued to children in Syria consistently refer to Israel as the “Zionist entity” rather than as a legitimate country — and regularly expose students to antisemitic language and images.
A new study by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) into the text books issued at schools in the war-stricken state found that they attempt to wipe out any references to the existence of Israel with maps labelled “Palestine” or “Occupied Palestine”.
One book for first grade students contains a map marking the entire Middle East geographical area as the “Arab Homeland”.
The study concludes that, when teaching about the world’s religions, “Judaism is presented in a prejudiced manner.”
