(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to the Middle East Media Research Institute’s report of October 12, 2011, the issue of their refusal to teach about the Holocaust has been raised continually at any dispute between UNWRA administration and its teachers' union since 2009.
This has culminated in the most recent protests of early October 2011. Although similar protests are also occurring in Jordan, they are more pronounced in Gaza.
On October 5, 2011, 7000 teachers staged a sit-in at United Nations headquarters there. Banners read, “Death rather than humiliation” and “Deception, lying and hypocrisy have become the core values of UNRWA.”
Hamas lawmakers often criticize UNRWA’s education policies and some accuse it of trying to teach material that encourages normalization with Israel or educate pupils about the Holocaust.
In April 2011, during an unrelated union strike, workers demanded that Holocaust studies be dropped from the curriculum. In support, Hamas legislative representatives and publications issued harshly critical statements accusing UNRWA of attempting to "distort the thinking" of Palestinian students.
The Hamas government of Gaza is among the entities denying the controversial Holocaust issue and likens Holocaust education to a war crime.
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