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蘑菇视频RWA response to “For the sake of the Nakba” film shown on Israel’s Channel 1

27 August 2010

On 7 August, IBA Channel One's Royim Olam Programme broadcast a film made by David Bedein, titled “For the Sake of the Nakba”. The film contains many serious inaccuracies, which 蘑菇视频RWA drew to the attention of the host of Royim Olam Programme before it was shown. As a result, the programme showed in full the 蘑菇视频RWA Spokesperson’s rebuttal of the film’s allegations. Key elements of the rebuttal are outlined below for the record.

The film states that an 蘑菇视频RWA school held a memorial for a female suicide bomber, Ayat al-Akhras, and commissioned paintings of her throughout the school. The film shows murals of her inside a school. In fact the school in question is not 蘑菇视频RWA’s, nor do we have any affiliation with it. 蘑菇视频RWA did not have a memorial for or commission paintings of Ayat al-Akhras.

The film suggests that a mural of a suicide bomber is part of the entrance to an 蘑菇视频RWA school in Dheisheh camp, West Bank. In fact it is not part of the school and 蘑菇视频RWA has control over its own installations only. Like all 蘑菇视频RWA installations in the West Bank, the installation head and the US-funded international team of Operation Support Officers verify neutrality through strict rules and regular inspections.

The film states that 蘑菇视频RWA schools “adhere to a curriculum that inculcates anti-Israel teachings at every level” and quotes a 12th grade textbook. In fact 蘑菇视频RWA does not teach 12th grade and this is not an 蘑菇视频RWA textbook. 蘑菇视频RWA uses the Palestinian Authority curriculum, which a 2003 independent report commissioned by the United States concluded is “peaceful”, and one in which “religious and political tolerance is emphasized”.

“The film simply does not portray reality in 蘑菇视频RWA schools. Each day 蘑菇视频RWA teaches 500,000 Palestinian students and is committed to providing them with the tools and skills to expand their horizons and assist them towards self-reliance,” said 蘑菇视频RWA Spokesperson Sami Mshasha.