Re-Educate for Peace or Perpetuate Hate Forever

The Key to Peace: Re-Educating the Next Generation of Palestinians

For decades, the dream of peace in the Middle East has been clouded by hatred, misinformation, and radical indoctrination. We ask ourselves: How do we dismantle extremism? How do we destroy Hamas and eradicate the radical mindset that fuels endless conflict? The answer is clear: through education.

But let’s be honest—peace will not come in this generation. The only hope lies in the children born today, in shaping their minds with truth, morality, and universal values rather than hatred and lies. We must instill in them the fundamental truth that peace comes through knowledge, understanding, and a commitment to coexistence. Teach them love instead of hate. Teach them the real history instead of the fabricated narratives that have poisoned minds for generations.

The deliberate miseducation of Palestinian children is not new. I recall my teenage years in Damascus, Syria, when a friend returned from a school trip to Quneitra, a ruined city near the Israeli border, devastated in the Yom Kippur War. When asked about the purpose of the visit, she explained that it was a “history lesson” meant to show children the supposed brutality of Jewish soldiers. In her school, the word “Israel” was forbidden—utter it, and you risked imprisonment or worse, You had to talk about ” The Other Side” if you meant Israel. She genuinely believed that Israeli forces had destroyed Quneitra in an unprovoked act of evil, rather than as a result of war. She and her classmates were not given history—they were fed propaganda and raised on hatred.

This brainwashing continues to this day. Before the atrocities of October 7th, UNRWA-run schools in Gaza were notorious for using textbooks that glorified Hitler, demonized Jews, and celebrated violence against Israelis. Palestinian children were not taught mathematics and science; they were taught how to kill. In the summer, these children do not attend camps for fun—they are sent to military-style training camps where they are taught to hate and to kill Jews. These camps exist solely to groom the next generation of terrorists. And on October 7th, we saw the horrifying consequences—terrorists, indoctrinated from birth, slaughtering innocent civilians with inhuman brutality.

And yet, the world remains blind to the truth. The latest blood libel against Israel accuses it of deliberately targeting schools, hospitals, and mosques. The reality? When terrorists use these sites as weapons depots, launch rockets from schoolyards, and turn hospitals into command centers, they cease to be civilian structures and become military targets. Hamas knows this. The world knows this. But instead of holding terrorists accountable, global media and international bodies manipulate the narrative to vilify Israel.

How has Israel—one of the most innovative, democratic, and humanitarian nations in the world—become the target of such relentless defamation? The answer lies, once again, in education. Across the Arab world, children are raised to hate Israel from the cradle to the grave. And now, the same poisoned ideology has spread to Western universities, where brainwashed students chant for the destruction of a nation they do not understand, boycotting the very country leading the world in medical, technological, and scientific breakthroughs.

Do we believe peace is possible? The harsh reality is that without a complete overhaul of Palestinian education, there will NEVER be peace. Peace does not come from ceasefires or negotiations alone—it starts in the classroom. It starts with raising children to value life over death, truth over propaganda, and love over hate.

As Golda Meir famously said, “We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” Until that day comes, peace remains a distant dream.