PG : Paul George, pun intended
SG : Lonzo Ball
SF : Nicolas Batum
PF : Enes Kanter
C : Nikola Vucevic
Honorable mentions/Bench :
Georg Eckert Institute has just released its study of Palestinian textbooks, funded by the EU. A few early observations & comments (source: taken directly from Martin Konečný (@MartinKonecny)
The study significantly tempers the exaggerated allegations that Palestinian textbooks promote hatred & violence.
These claims are continually made by Israeli org IMPACT-se & repeated by ideologically aligned orgs & politicians in Europe and the US.
The study says IMPACT-se reports are "marked by generalising and exaggerated conclusions based on methodological shortcomings."
The study concludes "the textbooks adhere to UNESCO standards" and include "a strong focus on human rights" - but also express a narrative of resistance and antagonism to Israel.
(Side remark: Palestinians have been living under Israeli military occupation for 54 years.)
While it identifies problematic examples and biases in the textbooks, it doesn't claim they openly incite hatred and violence. It identified one chapter of islamic education textbook that displays antisemitic motifs - but was positively altered in latest edition.
That's across 150+ Palestinian textbooks reviewed in the study.
On positive side, "in numerous instances the textbooks call for tolerance, mercy, forgiveness and justice".
This counters selective, tendentious leaks of the study that appeared in media like BILD & JPost last week followed by Israeli MFA statement & some in US Congress, claiming it confirms the allegations. No, it provides a MUCH more nuanced picture.
Contents aside, the big problem with the study is that it ignores Israeli textbooks - as if bias and incitement is only something the Palestinians do. This is not the fault of the Institute but of the EU, which was politically reluctant to also examine Israeli textbooks.
Previous international studies that looked at both Israeli and Palestinian textbooks, such as a US government-funded study in 2013, found broadly comparable levels of bias, selective historical narratives & omissions of the other side fro
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