Egyptian Textbooks Are Cutting Down on Anti-Semitism
Holocaust denial remains, but there are fewer references to “Jewish treachery.”
December 26, 2024
Egyptian Textbooks Are Cutting Down on Anti-Semitism
Holocaust denial remains, but there are fewer references to “Jewish treachery.”
One reason the Israeli-Arab conflict persists is because the people of many Arab countries continue to be inundated with anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda by their schools and state-controlled media. As a result, even Arab governments that have made peace with Israel are constrained from any public show of comity, lest they risk popular backlash. Nowhere is this problem so pronounced as in Israel’s “cold peace” with Egypt. The two countries have similar interests and their militaries often cooperate productively, yet there is minimal commerce or tourism, and often unnecessary hostility. A recent study, however, shows some surprising steps in the right direction. Miriam Wahba writes:
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