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PA Education Minister: Israel is carrying out “brutal incitement campaign” against the PA curriculum; puts pressure [led by PMW] on donors regarding changing names of schools named after terrorists

Headline: "The [PA] Ministry of Education and the Accountability for Violence Against Children Association completed [the project] For a Secure Palestinian Childhood"
       "Yesterday [Feb. 19, 2018], the [PA] Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the NGO Accountability for Violence Against Children completed the For a Secure Palestinian Childhood project that was implemented by the NGO in cooperation with the ministry and with funding from the French Consulate General and the Swiss Cooperation Office in Palestine. [PA] Minister of Education and Higher Education [and Fatah Central Committee Deputy Secretary] Sabri Saidam, Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake, French Consulate representative Jean-Luc Lavaud, and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the NGO Accountability for Violence Against Children Raed Atir participated in the concluding activity…
[Minister] Saidam emphasized the significance of this project, which is taking place at the same time as the incessant Israeli attack against [Palestinian] education in general, and against the Palestinian curricula in particular. He emphasized that the one that should be held responsible is the occupation, which has murdered hundreds of children and students…
The representative of the French Consulate emphasized that protecting the Palestinian children from violence is the duty of all the international organizations and bodies, 'as it is their right to live in security and peace, like the rest of the world's children.'
Atir noted that the children must be made aware of and educated about the culture of non-violence and s trengthened in light of the occupation's repeated systematic attacks against them…
Yesterday, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education… [also] honored a group of male and female principals of schools that take initiative and excel, with the participation of Minister of Education and Higher Education Sabri Saidam…
Saidam spoke about the brutal incitement campaign that the occupation is leading against the education sector, and particularly about the targeting of the Palestinian curricula. He noted the pressures that the occupation is attempting to exert on the donors, especially in the matter of changing the names of the [PA] schools."

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