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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Hamas protests UN plans to teach Gazans about the Holocaust

The Holocaust is a part of the historical record of the Jewish people.  There are debates on specific details such as the gas chambers, number killed and the agenda of the Third Reich but the facts of millions upon millions murdered, tortured and starved are not in dispute.  The accusations that the Holocaust is the set-up for the International Zionist Conspiracy to rule the World are part of the demonization of Israel by the left, Islamic apologists, wingnut conspiracy theorists and anti-semites.

Hamas must keep control of the hatred towards Israel and not allow information about the Holocaust get to the brains of their children.  If it did, the kids might begin to question some of the hatred being taught to them and that Hamas cannot allow.  The truth about Israel is haram in Islam, that the kids should hear truths is haram also.

This is Islam


From Haaretz March 22

Hamas protests UN plans to teach Gazans about the Holocaust

Recognizing the Holocaust is often seen by some Palestinians as tantamount to acknowledging Jewish land claims.

The United Nations has launched a new plan to teach the Holocaust in Gaza schools, drawing fierce condemnation from Gaza's militant Hamas rulers, school teachers - and even the body tasked with peace negotiations with Israel.

If implemented, it would be the first time most Palestinian children learn about Jewish suffering. But the outcry underscores how sensitive the issue is to Palestinians.

"Playing with the education of our children in the Gaza Strip is a red line," Hamas Education Minister, Mohammed Asqoul told a website of the group. He said Hamas will block attempts to teach the Holocaust regardless of the price.

The price being the welfare and humanitizing of their children, which up to now they have not concerned themselves with.

The uproar erupted after a UN official told a Jordanian daily in February that UNRWA, the main UN agency serving Palestinian refugees, would introduce a short case study about the Holocaust to Gaza students as part of its human rights curriculum.

"Instead of pre-emptive accusations, it is important for Palestinians ... to fully understand the tragedies and suffering that happened to all people through generations, without divvying up facts and taking things out of context," the official, Sami Mushasha, was quoted as saying.

But that would mean accepting that their history, as told by their leaders, is false, built on the history of Jews, Christians and others.  Where would the victimhood rest then?

UNRWA representatives refused to comment on the record, but one official said the agency was committed to introducing the curriculum for the next school year, beginning in September.

He added that officials were hesitating because they feared Hamas would incite loyalists to damage UN schools or harm their teachers if they introduce the materials. He requested anonymity because he was barred from discussing the matter with the media.

(.)"Teaching the Holocaust to Palestinian students in UN schools is unacceptable," said Zakaria al-Agha, a member of the PLO's executive committee.

Not so veiled threats made by the "religion of peace".  Wonderful.

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