“While older materials depicted Israel as aggressive and dismissive of peace, the updated curriculum attributed the roots of the conflict to the Arab rejection of the 1947 UN Partition Plan”

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Azerbaijan becomes first Muslim-majority country to define antisemitism in textbooks
February 14, 2025

A new report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) revealed that Azerbaijan has made significant strides in its school curriculum, becoming the first Muslim-majority country to incorporate a definition of antisemitism into textbooks…The report highlights a positive depiction of Jews and Israel, alongside recognition of the Holocaust as the genocide of six million Jews. A notable update in the 2024-25 school year saw the removal of anti-Israel narratives, offering a more balanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. READ MORE

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