UNRWA textbooks glorify jihad, call for Israel’s destruction, and encourage students to die as “martyrs” fighting Israel. Consider these examples reported by IMPACT-se, which monitors Palestinian textbooks ...

A textbook for sixth grade students declares that “The Zionists are the terrorists of the modern age, and they are fated to disappear.” Palestinians, however, are “the owners of the land”— with “land” referring to all present-day Israel.

A 10-page reading comprehension text glorifies a terrorist who helped massacre 38 people in a 1978 Israeli bus hijacking. The text praises her as “immortal” in Palestinian “hearts and minds.”

• Another UNRWA reading comprehension text praises suicide bombers who “wore explosive belts, thus turning their bodies into fire burning the Zionist tank.”
  

• UNRWA textbooks also tell students that those who die while fighting Jews and Christians will go to paradise; that Jihad for the “liberation of Palestine” is a “private obligation for every Muslim;” and that martyrdom fighting Israel is “the most noble” kind of self-sacrifice.

Antisemitic, pro-death indoctrination like this has predictable results. Look at what some UNRWA students have said ...

• “[UNRWA instructors] teach us that the Zionists are our enemy, and we must fight them.”

• "We have to constantly stab them, drive over them and shoot them."

• “Right now, I am prepared to be a suicide bomber.”

• “Stabbing and running over the Jews brings dignity to the Palestinians. I'm going to run them over and stab them with knives."

Thanks to Joe Biden, the U.S. is UNRWA’s largest donor. And that means you and I, as taxpayers, are helping induct young Palestinians into the cause of jihad.

But all is well, says the Biden State Department. It claims that UNRWA services “remain a lifeline to millions of vulnerable Palestinians” and “directly contributes to maintaining regional stability.”

What a farce! UNRWA grooms young Palestinians into jihadis. IMPACT-se also disclosed that at least 100 Hamas terrorists graduated from UNRWA schools in Gaza. I’m sure there are many more. Some stability! It’s an utter scandal. And it’s all made possible in large part by YOU, the American taxpayer.

Our nation has given $7 billion to UNRWA since its founding in 1949. And nearly $1 billion of that has come during the three years of the Biden administration. This year alone, Biden is giving this bloated, Israel-hating bureaucracy another $369 million.

It’s time to STOP funding UNRWA forever!

Will you join me now in calling on Congress to CUT all aid to UNRWA?

Thank you for standing with Israel in this profound time of need.

Mat Staver
Chairman
Christians in Defense of Israel

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Sources:

“Fact Sheet: The United States-Palestinian Relationship.” U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs, July 13, 2022. https://palestinianaffairs.state.gov/fact-sheet-the-united-states-palestinian-relationship/.

‌“U.S. Announces $73 Million in Additional Funding for UNRWA.” I24news, September 22, 2023. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/1695365809-u-s-announces-73-million-in-additional-funding-for-unrwa.

‌Rampersad, Thaleigha. “WATCH: Palestinian Kids Say the Darnedest Things.” Washington Free Beacon, January 12, 2024. https://freebeacon.com/israel/watch-palestinian-kids-say-the-darnedest-things/.

‌“Released Hostage Says He Was Held by UNRWA Teacher in Gaza - Report.” 2023. The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. November 30, 2023. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-775777.

Shapiro, Emily. “State Dept. Pauses Funding for UN Agency amid Allegations Employees Involved in Israel Attack.” ABC News. Accessed January 26, 2024. https://abcnews.go.com/International/state-department-temporarily-pauses-funding-unrwa-reviewing-allegations/story?id=106708513.

“UNRWA Education: Textbooks and Terror.” https://www.impact-se.org/wp-content/uploads/UNRWA-Education-Textbooks-and-Terror-Nov-2023.pdf.

“UNRWA’s Existence Spells Doom for Rebuilding Gaza - JPPI.” 2023. December 14, 2023. https://jppi.org.il/en/unrwas-existence-spells-doom-for-rebuilding-gaza/.

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