AMBASSADOR (RET.) YORAM ETTINGER-- The perpetrators of the October 7, 2023 horrific terrorism were graduates of the Palestinian Authority school curriculum, which is also implemented in Gaza.
It was established by Mahmoud Abbas at the end of 1993 (as a follow up to the Oslo Accord). In 2025, it was updated by the Palestinian Ministry of Education.
While the United Arab Emirates uprooted all anti-Jewish and anti-Israel elements from its school curriculum, the Friday mosque sermons, and its official media – replacing them with pro-Jewish and pro-Israel elements – the Palestinian Authority has intensified its anti-Jewish and anti-Israel school curriculum, consistent with its monthly allowances to families of terrorists, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel Friday mosque sermons and official daily media.
School curricula mirror the state of mind, culture, overriding narrative, priorities, aspirations and vision of those who design and approve them. School textbooks expose which values are promoted by governments.