The reason that we fund educational efforts in the underdeveloped world is to attempt to help the people help themselves. The theory is praiseworthy; education prepares children for productive work and accomplishments as adults.
The difficulty comes, however, when “educational funds” are used by the recipients to foment violence, war and hatred. The promotion of ignorance and destruction are the exact opposites of the goals that the West seeks, and the U.N. Charter. As a taxpayer and citizen of the United States I do not want to fund the kind of “education” described in the article
Palestinian Terror Education: Funded by U.S. Taxpayers
UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, shapes the mindset of a new generation of Palestinian youth, educating 492,000 students in 699 schools.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 3.1 of the Convention, requires that “in all actions concerning children… the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.”
Article 6 requires UN agencies to recognize “that every child has the inherent right to life,” and, further, that UN agencies “shall ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of the child.”
Article 29 requires that such education be directed to the “preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of the sexes, and friendship among all peoples….”
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A depicted in the film “Camp Jihad,” produced by the Center for Near East Policy Research this past summer, UNRWA instructors openly incorporate virulent anti-Semitic teachings into the classroom, demonizing Jews as part of their UNRWA summer camp program, telling child campers that Jews are nothing but “wolves” who chased their grandparents from their homes.
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Where is the accountability? With Islamic states that remain at war with Israel?
The United States, the largest donor nation to UNRWA, contributed more than $275 million to the agency in 2013 alone, while the rest of the donors are spread among 38 democratic nations. The US continues unbridled funding of UNRWA, which results in the use of US taxpayer dollars for teaching Palestinian children to revere suicide-homicide bombings.
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Terror education abounds in the UNRWA schools. A fifth grade textbook taught in UNRWA schools known as Our Beautiful Language reads, “We shall return to the homes, to the valleys, to the mountains/Under the flag of glory, Jihad and struggle/With blood, sacrifice [fida’], fraternity and loyalty/We shall return.”
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A ninth-grade PA textbook indoctrinates students into martyrdom. In an exercise where students are asked to connect two sentence, a correct answer links the phrase “Morning of glory and red redemption, nourished by the blood of Martyrs” with the concept of “hope for the liberation of Palestine.”
When UNRWA promotes such sentiments, UNRWA schools violate children’s basic right to protection from harmful influence. The question remains: Will US citizens file complaints against UNRWA with Congress and with the courts, or will US citizens let this kind of US-funded education for terror continue unabated?
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