Textbook

Syrian textbooks show pan-Arab content replaced by Islamist ideology, IMPACT-se finds

This Islamization of knowledge extends deeply across subjects, targeting foundational scientific theories like evolution, the Big Bang, and biological development.

Schoolchildren attend class at the Zamalka mixed school on April 16, 2025 in the village of Jobar, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria; Illustrative.
Jordanian pupils return to school in the capital Amman, on February 7, 2021; Illustrative.

Jordanian school textbooks contain antisemitic, anti-Zionist themes, IMPACT-se finds

Afghan refugee schoolboys wearing protective face masks look on as they holds their schoolbooks while sitting in a classroom at the Farhang school in the first day of the new academic year in southern Tehran on November 1, 2021.

Iran’s textbooks promote violent martyrdom, normalize militarization, IMPACT-se finds

A slogan reading "Outside the Jewish Snakes" is written outside a Jewish synagoue in the central Greek town of Trikala, some 300 kilometers north of Athens, on December 31, 2019

Greek textbooks discuss Judaism, Holocaust in detail, but fall short on antisemitism


Hundreds of Jewish books buried as part of project at Manhattan synagogue

Jewish norms forbid tossing sacred writings into the trash. A worn Torah scroll should be buried with a sainted person

Hebrew books

US lawmakers introduce bill to make State Dept. review PA textbooks

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) sponsored the bill, and he was joined by Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), and Rep. David Trone (D-MD).

The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Iran using Yemen's education system to glorify jihad - IMPACT-se

The report "constitutes one of the most concerning of IMPACT-se’s assessments of Middle Eastern curricula"

Front covers of Jihad magazine.

UNRWA 'mistakenly' gave Palestinian kids textbooks calling for jihad

One Arabic grammar booklet features phrases like “Jihad is one of the doors to Paradise.” Another reads that “The Palestinians are lions in fighting the enemies.”

A Palestinian boy wearing a Hamas headband.

UNRWA's education filled with hate, calls to jihad and violence - report

Israel is demonized for exerting a negative influence on the entire Middle East region.

A Palestinian boy wearing a Hamas headband.

Saudi Arabia textbooks revised to be more tolerant - study

Many issues that were present in previous additions of the books, some of which have been present for many years, have been either removed or at least reduced in their severity.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

New Palestinian curriculum shows no improvements, antisemitism remains

Palestinian children are still being taught to glorify martyrdom and jihad against Israel.

Palestinian students arrive to their first day of school in Nablus, West Bank ,on September 6, 2020.

EU report into PA hate education 'unsatisfactory,' UK MP, NGO tell 'Post'

A report jointly undertaken by the EU and UK into hate education is both overdue and riddled with errors, NGO IMPACT-se has found.

A Palestinian girl looks out of a classroom window as she attends a lesson on the first day of a new school year, at a United Nations-run school in Khan Young in the southern Gaza Strip

PA announces change in school curricula after pressure European Parliament

A number of national governments have condemned the inclusion of incitement to violence and antisemitic materials in school textbooks used in Palestinian schools.

A Palestinian girl looks out of a classroom window as she attends a lesson on the first day of a new school year, at a United Nations-run school in Khan Young in the southern Gaza Strip

European Parliament condemns PA textbooks that promote hate and violence

Money allocated for textbooks should “be used for drafting and teaching curricula which reflects UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non-violence,” the resolution said.

Palestinian kids display their textbooks