The Committee for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, (http://www.edume.org), have made a few reports about the Palestinian school books. Here are some links to their reports:

The West, Christians and Jews in Saudi Arabian Schoolbooks [ Report No. SA-03-02 ] This present report, undertaken with the cooperation of the American Jewish Committee, presents the official Saudi worldview to which school students between the ages of 6-16 are exposed. 93 books taught in grades 1-10, mostly from the years 1999-2002 have been examined. Special emphasis is placed on the Saudi Arabian attitude to the "other", namely, Christian, Jews and the West as well as on the Middle East conflict, the concept of government , women's status in society and children's status in the family. >> Click here for the report Jews, Israel and Peace in the Palestinian Authority Textbooks and High School Examinations [ Report No. P-02-10 ] The Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP) issued a comprehensive report in November 2001 on the textbooks published by the Palestinian Authority in the years 2000-2001 for grades 1, 2, 6, 7 and 11 . Since then, more books have been added to the Palestinian curriculum, which necessitated a follow-up study. The present complementary report deals with 14 newly received books, in addition to 26 high school final examinations in various subjects from the years 2000 and 2002. Though constituting an integral part of the official curriculum and a clear indication to core issues emphasized by the educational establishment each year, these exams have never been studied by CMIP, nor included in CMIP reports. They add a new dimension to the report by revealing some of the current trends prevailing among Palestinian educators on the highest levels. >> Click here for the report Arabs, Palestinians, Islam and Peace in Israeli School Textbooks (Update for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002) [ Report No. I-02-08 ] Despite the deterioration in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since September 2000, no negative changes were noted in the new textbooks with regard to the image of the Arabs, the description of the conflict, the presentation of Islam, questions of war and peace and education to tolerance and conciliation. On the contrary, the positive trends noted in the earlier report have, if anything, been strengthened. >> Click here for the report Jews, Israel and Peace in Palestinian School Textbooks [ Report No. P-01-11 ] Jews, Israel and Peace in Palestinian School Textbooks 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. A Survey of the Textbooks Published by the Palestinian National Authority. >> Click here for the report

Jews, Zionism and Israel in Syrian Textbooks [ Report No. S-01-06 ] Peace has become Syria's declared strategic choice since the Madrid Conference of 1991. The present survey, initiated by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP), has undertaken to determine the extent to which the idea of peace with Israel has become part of Syria's official curriculum. Sixty-eight textbooks for grades 1-12 in various subjects, all having been part of the Syrian curriculum during the year 2000, were examined within this survey. >> Click here for the report The Palestinian Authority School Books [ Report No. P-01-03 ] The books reviewed in this report are published officially by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Education and are currently in use in their schools. One privately published book is also included: an atlas, approved by the PA for use in their schools, and published in 1998. >> Click here for the report Arabs and Palestinians in Israeli Textbooks [ Report No. I-00-09 ] CMIP has completed its research on the Israeli schoolbook's portrayal of Arabs, Islam and Palestinians. This report is part of CMIP's comprehensive examination of Middle Eastern school books to determine the extent education has been responsive to the ongoing peace processes between Israel and her Arab neighbors. This study reviewed 360 Israeli schoolbooks, from six disciplines, that were used in three different educational streams of the Israeli school system in the school year, 1999 - 2000. >> Click here for the report Jews, Israel and Zionism in the Palestinian [ Report No. TG-00-03 ] The Palestinian Authority [PA] Ministry of Education publishes teacher's guides to accompany the schoolbooks. The objectives of the guides are to outline the Palestinian Authority's educational goals and to delineate didactic methodology to effectively transmit these goals. >> Click here for the report

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