Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism announced this past week the launch of an online campaign focused on incitement in the Palestinian Authority’s education system.
Videos and banners are being posted on a variety of platforms, including “significant” news websites and social media, in the United States and Europe, according to a press release announcing the campaign’s launch.
Israeli officials have long criticized the Palestinian Authority for inflammatory, violent and antisemitic content in its schools’ textbooks and curriculum. Several other countries, including the United States, along with the European Parliament, have joined in that chorus, demanding changes.
“Our new campaign reveals to the world the truth about the systematic incitement that is rooted in the Palestinian education system,” Hadas Maimon, head of international campaigns at the Diaspora ministry, wrote. “Through targeted advertising on central websites and leading digital platforms, we bring the facts to the attention of international public opinion, and show how education for hatred directly contributes to the continuation of violence.”
The videos accompanying the campaign were produced in English and translated into Arabic, French, Russian, German and Spanish. The campaign itself is being platformed by such news outlets as CNN, The New York Times and Fox News, along with Le Monde, BFMTV and Bild.
It will also be promoted on YouTube and X and through Google’s search engine.
“Israel and Western countries share values of freedom and democracy. It is time for the world to understand what messages are being conveyed to children under the rule of the Palestinian Authority,” Maimon wrote. “The propaganda war is a daily war and is critical to the State of Israel in terms of its legitimacy in the world.”
