Names of schools in the PA

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The Palestinian Authority transmits ideological messages that appear in its schoolbooks through the names it gives to its schools. The schoolbooks define Palestinian terror against Israel since Israel's founding in 1948 as: "resistance … acts of most glorious heroism." [Arabic Language, Analysis, Literature and Commentary, Grade 12, p. 105]
In the spirit of glorifying terror, numerous schools are named after terrorist murderers.

Israeli cities are presented in Palestinian schoolbooks as if they are Palestinian cities. In this spirit, schools are given name of the cities of Israel. See below.

The most common school name PMW has found is the name Al Khansa – with at least 8 schools given her name. Al Khansa is the honored mother of Islamic tradition because she expressed joy over the Shahada (Martyrdom) deaths of her four children.

A PA schoolbook for Grade 8, explains her importance this way:

“Al-Khansa witnessed the Battle of Al-Qadisiyah with her four sons. She urged them to fight… They fought until all of them fell as Shahids. When the news reached her she said, ‘Praise be to Allah who has honored me by their Shahada.’”
[Reading and Texts Part II, Grade 8, p. 13]

Al-Khansa’s celebration of her four sons' deaths makes her a perfect role model for Palestinian girls, as Palestinian society has chosen to teach that death is a greater value than life.

One example of this teaching is in Palestinian Authority schoolbook for 13 year-olds that teach children:

“Your enemies seek life while you seek death.”
[Reading and Texts Part II, Grade 8, p. 16]

Three schools named after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 8, 2009

Dalal Mughrabi led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history in 1978, when she and other terrorists hijacked a bus and killed 37 civilians, 12 of them children.

1. The “Dalal Mughrabi” Girls' High School – Gaza
2. The “Dalal Mughrabi” Girls' High School – Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron
3. The Kernel of Palestine, Dalal Mughrabi, Kindergarten - Dura, Hebron

Note: The high schools named after Dalal Mughrabi in Gaza and Al-Shuyoukh were cited in the official PA daily on July 8, 2009. The kindergarten in Dura named after Mughrabi was cited in the Al-Ayyam newspaper on May 30, 2001.

Eight schools named after Al-Khansa, the "Mother of Martyrs"

Source: Palestinian Schools, July 8, 2009

Al-Khansa is honored in Islamic tradition for celebrating her four sons' deaths in battle. The PA presents Al-Khansa as a role model for Palestinian girls and has named eight schools after her:

1. The Al-Khansa Girls' Elementary School - Bethlehem
2. The Al-Khansa Girls' Elementary School - Jenin
3. The Al-Khansa Girls' Elementary School - Nablus
4. The Al-Khansa Girls' Elementary School - Han Yunis
5. The Al-Khansa Girls' Elementary School - Rafah
6. The Al-Khansa Girls' High School - Absan Al-Kabira
7. The “Mother of the Martyrs [Al-Khansa]” Boys' School – Nahalyn
8. The Al-Khansa Girls' Elementary School - Yatta Municipality

Three schools and a college named after terrorist Abu Jihad

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 21, 2009

Text on sign: "The Palestinian Authority
Ministry of Education and Higher Education -
Administration of Education and Teaching - Jenin
The Martyr (Shahid) Khalil Al-Wazir Boys' school"

Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization's military wing and planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks, including the most lethal in Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.

1. The “Abu Jihad” Boys' high school – Arabe, Jenin
2. The Martyr (Shahid) "Khalil Al-Wazir" Elementary School for Boys - Samu'a, Hebron
3. The Martyr (Shahid) "Khalil Al-Wazir" Elementary School for Boys - Al-Yamun, Jenin
4. The Martyr (Shahid) Abu Jihad College - Ramallah

Note: Three of the above schools were cited in the official PA daily, the first on July 8, 2009, the second on Oct. 21, 2009, and the fourth on Dec. 20, 2012. The third school was mentioned and shown on PA TV on May 5, 2013 (pictured above).

Three schools named after terrorist Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf)

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 8, 2009

Abu Iyad (Salakh Khalaf) was a founder of Fatah and Head of the Black September terror group. Attacks he planned included the murder of two American diplomats, as well as the murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.

1. The “Salah Khalaf” Junior High School – Gaza
2. The “Martyr (Shahid) Abu Iyad” School - Rafah
3. The “Martyr (Shahid) Salah Khalaf" Boys' Elementary School – Gaza

Two schools named after terrorist Abu Ali Mustafa

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 26, 2012

Abu Ali Mustafa was the General Secretary of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PFLP, which rejected the Oslo Accords (1993), planned and carried out numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians since its founding in 1967 and throughout the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000- 2005 (the Intifada).

1. The “Abu Ali Mustafa” Boys' Elementary School – Arabe, Jenin
2. The “Abu Ali Mustafa” Girls' Elementary School – Arabe, Jenin

Note: The school in Jenin named after Abu Ali Mustafa was most recently mentioned in a PA TV broadcast on Aug 26, 2012 and on June 29, 2012. It was also cited in the official PA daily on July 8, 2009 and Oct. 2, 2003.

School named after Saddam Hussein

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 4, 2007

Immediately after the execution of Saddam Hussein a school in the town of Yaa’bad was named after him.
“Public figures and leaders in the town of Yaa’bad decided to name one of the schools and the most important street in the town after Saddam [Hussein] to eternalize his memory and to stress the values of Arabism and Jihad that he represented.”

Note: The main street in the town of Yaa’bad, renamed after Saddam Hussein, had been repaved with money from the United States.

Schools named after other terrorists

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 8, 2009

Ali Hassan Salameh, commander of Fatah’s terror “Force 17” unit, was among the planners of the murder of the Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympic Games:
The “Hassan Salameh” Girls' Junior High School – Gaza

Osama Al-Najjar – Spokesperson of the “Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades,” the military wing of the Fatah during the PA terror campaign (the "Intifada," 2000-2005)
The “Martyr Osama Al-Najjar” school – Han Yunes

Kamal Adwan – A senior Fatah leader in the Sixties. Was in charge for the Fatah terror attacks in Israel:
The “Kamal Adwan” Boys' High School – Tel Al-Sultan, Rafah

Saa’d Sayel was a senior Fatah commander, who led the Palestinian terrorist forces which fought in Lebanon during early 1980s:
The “Martyr Saa’d Sayel” Boys' Elementary School – Nablus

Sheikh Izz A-Din Al-Qassam, an influential Islamic preacher in British Mandate Palestine during the 1930s. He led a Muslim terror group.
The Hamas terror wing is named after him – the Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades:
1. The “[Martyr] Izz A-Din Al-Qassam” Boys' High School – Yaa’bad
2. The “[Martyr] Izz A-Din [Al-Qassam]” Elementary School – Jenin

Schools named after Shahids (Martyrs)

Source: Palestinian Schools, July 8, 2009

1. The “Martyrs of Al-Zaytoon” - Boys' Elementary School – Gaza
2. The “Martyrs of Al-Montar” - Girls' Elementary School – Gaza
3. The “Martyrs of Gaza” - Boys' Elementary School – Gaza
4. The “Martyrs of Shiek Radwan” - Boys' Elementary School – Gaza
5. The “Martyrs of Al-Shati” – Boys' High School – Shati refugee camp, Gaza
6. The “Martyrs of Rafah” - Boys' High School – Rafah refugee camp
7. The “Martyrs of Han Yunes” - Co-ed Elementary School – Han Yunes
8. The “Martyrs of Dir Al-Balah” - Girls' High School – Dir Al-Balah
9. The “Martyrs of H’zaa” School – H’zaa
10. The “Martyrs of Bany-Sohila” - Girls' High School – Bany-Sohila
11. The “Martyrs of Al-Marazi” School – Al-Marazi, central camps
12. The “Martyrs of Jibalya” - High School – Jibalya
13. The “Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Intifada” - Girls' School – Yata, Hebron
14. The “Martyrs of Dora” - Girls' School – Dora
15. The “Martyrs of Sorif ” - Elementary School – Sorif
16. The “Martyrs” - Boys' Elementary School – Anabta, Tol Karam
17. The “Martyrs of Kitna” - Boys' High School – Kitna
18. The “Martyrs of Hizma” - Elementary School – Hizma, Jerusalem
19. The “Martyrs of Silwad” - Boys' High School – Silwad, Jerusalem
20. The “Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Intifada” - Girls' School – Qalqilya
21. The “Martyrs of Al-Aqsa” School - Qalqilya
22. The “Martyrs” Elementary School - Qalqilya

Schools named after cities and locations in Israel

Source: Palestinian Schools, July 8, 2009

Palestinian school books present Israeli cities as Palestinian, and schools are given the names of Israeli cities. Examples of schools named after Israeli cities and sites:

1. The “Ramle” Elementary School – Gaza
2. The “Jaffa” Elementary School – Gaza
3. The “Ashdod” High School – Gaza
4. The “Beit Shean” co-ed. Elementary School – Gaza
5. The “Jerusalem” Girls' High School – Gaza
6. The “Um El-Fahm” Girls' High School – Beit Laheya, Northern Gaza
7. The “Ein Harod” Girls' Elementary School – Gaza
8. The “Caesaria” co-ed. Elementary School – Hager Al-Dyk, Gaza
9. The “Galilee” Girls' High School – Gaza
10. The “Safed” Boys' Elementary School – Gaza
11. The “Al-Majdal” [Ashkelon] Girls' Junior High School – Gaza
12. The “Kastel” Boys' Elementary School – Gaza
13. The “Lod” Girls' Junior High School – Gaza
14. The “Nazareth” Girls' Elementary School – Gaza
15. The “Carmel (Haifa)" Boys' High School - Gaza
16. The “Jerusalem” Girls' High School – Rafah
17. The “Be'er Sheva” Boys' High School – Rafah
18. The “Shafaram” Girls' High School – Rafah
19. The “Haifa” Girls' High School – Han Yunes
20. The “Tiberias” Girls' High School – Han Yunes
21. The “Acre” Girls' High School – Han Yunes refugee camp
22. The “Kishon” High School – Jenin
23. The “Rosh HaNikra” co-ed. High School – Nablus district

Carmel (Haifa) school in Gaza - map erases israel

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Jan. 24, 2006

Palestinian school books present Israeli cities as Palestinian, and schools are given the names of Israeli cities. The outside wall of the “Carmel” School (named after a neighborhood in the Israeli city of Haifa) has a Palestinian flag over the map of Palestine that includes all of Israel.

Note: Click here to view more maps from PA schools and school books that erase Israel.