Day after day, the genocide in Gaza unfolds with unbearable repetition. Each sunrise in Palestine brings with it a fresh horror—limbs of children, bloodied bodies of women, and the haunting silence of those buried beneath rubble. Those who escape the missiles are slowly choked by starvation and fear. And so the question lingers: How does a human being carry out this slaughter—and speak of it with pride?
Israeli soldiers don’t just commit atrocities—they record them, joke about them over family dinners, retell them as bedtime stories. Killing Palestinian children becomes a form of twisted entertainment, shared as casual anecdotes, devoid of guilt or shame.
“They are human animals.”This wasn’t a slip. It was a doctrinal truth, taught, nurtured, and enacted.
A Genocidal Curriculum
This savagery doesn’t start in the barracks—it begins in the classroom.
Numerous studies have shown that Israeli education is engineered to raise generations that see Palestinians not as people, but as enemies to be erased. It is no surprise when Israeli youth echo the same genocidal narratives as their military leaders.
Just days ago, a teenage Israeli girl stood at Kerem Shalom crossing, facing two million besieged Palestinians, and boldly said in English:
“In war, it doesn’t matter who your enemy is. You must destroy their seed so they don’t reproduce.”No hesitation. No emotion. No remorse. Just a genocidal call—spoken like a weather report.
Her army has bombed Gaza for over 80 days, blocked food, and denied medicine. And yet her eyes remained dry, her voice steady. Where does such cruelty come from?
Education as a Colonial Weapon
The answer isn’t abstract—it’s systemic.
Zionist settler-colonialism never left genocide to the generals alone. It built an entire educational infrastructure to justify and normalise it.
From primary school to university, Israeli students are taught that:
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- Arabs are a demographic threat
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- Palestinians are terrorists by nature
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- Killing them is not only allowed—it’s necessary
The Work of Nurtured Racism
One of the most damning exposés comes from inside Israel itself.
Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, a Hebrew University linguist and daughter of General Mattityahu Peled, dissected this system in her book:
“Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education.”
She found Israeli education to be:
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- A carbon copy of fascist doctrine, comparable to Nazi indoctrination
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- A machine designed to create obedient, genocidal soldiers
Peled-Elhanan’s own daughter was killed in an attack in 1997—yet she courageously rejected the cycle of vengeance. Instead, she exposed how Israeli curricula:
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- Erases Palestine from maps
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- Depicts Arabs as dirty, primitive, violent, and undeserving of modernity
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- Mentions “Palestinians” only in the context of terrorism
Her conclusion is chilling:
“When a child doesn’t see a Palestinian child on the map, it becomes easier to bomb him later without guilt.”
Erasing Palestinians from Memory and Geography
Peled-Elhanan’s study of 20 official textbooks revealed:
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- No mention of Palestinian cities, villages, or history
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- No images of Palestinian doctors, engineers, or even farmers
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- Only stereotypes: a man on a camel, a beggar, a bomb-throwing “terrorist”
In Israeli geography books, Arab towns are described as:
“Underdeveloped areas that refuse modernization.”Even Nazareth is either omitted or referred to as part of a “non-Jewish sector.”
A Colonial Curriculum as Doctrine
Israeli scholar Ismail Abu-Saad adds that the education system is legally bound to:
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- Instill Zionist ideology
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- Depict Arabs as a threat—demographically, culturally, and militarily
This deliberate framing turns Palestinians from victims into villains—setting the stage for a society that sees mass killings not as war crimes, but “unfortunate necessities.”
A Racism Refined into Curriculum
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- “Live off the state”
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- “Don’t pay taxes”
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- “Refuse progress”
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- “Are a primitive burden”
Not once did she find an image of an Arab child depicted as normal—only as a problem, a parasite, or a threat.
Literature and the Language of Hate
Israeli researcher Adir Cohen analysed over 500 children’s books. His findings, published as “An Ugly Face in the Mirror,” revealed:
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- Arabs depicted as “dogs,” “snakes,” “wolves”
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- Palestinians shown as “kidnappers,” “murderers,” “parasites”
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- 90% of Israeli children believed Palestinians have no right to live in the land
Teaching Nakba as “Necessary Violence”
Textbooks describe the Deir Yassin massacre as horrific, yes—but also as “effective” in achieving a Jewish majority.
“A regrettable tragedy, but beneficial for the foundation of the state.”
Thus, violence is not taught as an aberration—it’s taught as a founding pillar of the Zionist state.
Universities: Colonial Outposts of Knowledge
One might think university is where this indoctrination ends. In Israel, it’s where it’s perfected.
Despite their image as liberal spaces, Israeli universities:
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- Develop weapons with military partners
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- Host elite training programs for soldiers
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- Create surveillance technologies tested on Palestinians
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- Produce propaganda (“hasbara”) to justify apartheid globally
According to PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel), Israeli academia is not neutral. It is:
“An active participant in colonialism, apartheid, and occupation.”
Higher Education as Military Infrastructure
In her book “Towers of Ivory and Steel,” researcher Maya Wind explains:
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- Universities like Hebrew University, Technion, and Weizmann Institute were built not just for science, but to secure Zionist claims on Palestinian land
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- Even before 1948, they were used to support the Haganah, the Zionist militia that later became the Israeli army
During the Nakba:
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- University labs built weapons
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- Professors developed logistics
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- Students helped plan the expulsions
Since 1967, universities expanded into:
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- East Jerusalem (Hebrew University)
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- The Galilee (Haifa University)
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- The Negev (Ben Gurion University)
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- West Bank settlements (Ariel University, 2012)
From Lecture Halls to Labs of Genocide
These institutions continue to:
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- Provide tech to arms companies like Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries
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- Develop “battle-tested” products on Palestinian civilians
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- Reward reserve soldiers returning from Gaza with scholarships and credits
No Israeli university—not even symbolically—has condemned this destruction.
