Hamas condemns UAE for including materials on Holocaust in curriculum

Hamas has condemned the United Arab Emirates for its decision to include the Holocaust in curriculum for primary and secondary schools. 

“We condemn and denounce the UAE embassy’s announcement in Washington that its country has included materials on the ‘Holocaust’ in its educational curricula, and we consider that support for the Zionist narrative and a form of cultural normalisation,” spokesperson for the terror group, Hazem Qassem, said.

Hamas has previously called the Holocaust “a lie invented by the Zionists,” while lashing out at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for wanting to educate children in Gaza about Holocaust.

The UAE embassy in Washington announced earlier this month that “In the wake of the historic Abraham Accords, (the UAE) will now include the Holocaust in the curriculum for primary and secondary schools.”

“Memorialising the victims of the Holocaust is crucial. Public figures failed to speak the truth because a political agenda hijacked their narrative, yet a tragedy on the scale of the Holocaust targets not only Jews but humanity as a whole,” it added.

The decision was welcomed by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, whose spokesperson, Simmy Allen, told CNN: “Now we have the opportunity to reach new audiences and Yad Vashem is working on paving the way to bring Holocaust awareness to the Arab-speaking world.”

“Across most of the Arab-speaking world, until recently, there was little to no dialogue with Yad Vashem about the events and atrocities of the Holocaust,” he added.