Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education

Scope and impact

The organization analyzes textbooks, teachers' guides and curricula from across the world. The impact of these reports has included the European Parliament's decision to freeze elements of Palestinian Authority funding until curricula are brought into line with international standards. The same report by the organization led to questions being raised publicly over similar funding from governments in Switzerland, Germany and UK. However, European reviews have repeatedly criticized IMPACT-SE's reports for methodological shortcomings, including misattributions, translation errors, and decontextualized quotations.

In Israel, the organization's reporting generated media analysis of failures in the publicly funded ultra-Orthodox Jewish educational system. The organization was also invited to help create a curriculum for Syrian children seeking refuge in Greece.

Media

Reports in the media which include the work of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education include:

• Der Bund (Switzerland), UNO-Schulbücher verherrlichen Terroristen (January 2019)
• Jerusalem Post (Israel), "European Parliament Committee Votes to Freeze €15m to PA Over Inciting Textbooks" (September 2018)
• Sunday Times (UK), Britain gives £20m for schools glorifying martyrs and jihad (April 2018)
• La Libre (Belgium), "Quand des manuels scolaires palestiniens promeuvent le martyre: la Belgique impliquée" (November 2017)
• Newsweek, "Why are Palestinian kids being taught to hate?" (March 2017)
• Hurriyet (Turkey), "Another dangerous ideological touch to education" (January 2017)

References

References

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2. IMPACT-se. "Staff".
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6. (2023-10-24). "CNN visits Israeli Kibbutz attacked by Hamas on October 7 {{!}} CNN".
7. (27 September 2018). "European Parliament committee votes to freeze €15M to PA over inciting textbooks".
8. (5 January 2019). "UNO-Schulbücher verherrlichen Terroristen". Der Bund.
9. "Outrage over taxpayer money funding Palestinian school book praising Munich Olympic terrorists". [[Jerusalem Post]].
10. Harpin, Lee. (December 18, 2019). "LFI blasts review into textbooks".
11. General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union {{!}} Press Office. (2002-05-15). "Palestinian Schoolbooks". BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights.
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13. (28 June 2017). "החילונים "ריקניים", הרפורמים "רשעים": מה לומדים הילדים החרדים". Ynet.
14. (27 August 2018). "Jerusalem-Based Watchdog, Israeli School Partner to Develop 'Peace' Curriculum for Refugee Kids in Greece". Algemeiner.
15. "Britain gives £20m for schools glorifying martyrs and jihad".
16. Libre.be, La. "Quand des manuels scolaires palestiniens promeuvent le martyre: la Belgique impliquée".
17. (3 May 2017). "Elliott Abrams: Why are Palestinian children being taught to hate?".
18. (25 January 2017). "Another dangerous ideological touch to education".