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佐藤栄作　受賞論文集

第18回佳作poem is in the first grade textbook. Through the poem, pupils are instructed in themeaning of fighting Israel.‘My Homeland’…The youth will not tire,They desire to be free or to perishWe draw our water from deathAnd we will not be as slaves to the enemy...Our symbol is the‘sword’and the‘pen’, but not‘words’…８The motivation of the‘Jihad’and martyrdom is not only Islamic, but also despairabout oppression; the latter may become the major incentive. Most of the Muslimswho join‘Jihad’and‘intifada’are males, especially young men.2.4 The sociopolitical factors of the conflict（1）Portrayal of Israel and IsraelisThere are various expressions describing Israel and the Israelis. Most of themare negative and reflecting Palestinian views. For example, Israel is described as‘aprovocation to the Arab world’,‘a racist Jewish administration‘,‘Zionist enemy’,‘oppressors’,‘occupied Palestine’, etc. From the contents regarding Israel in thetextbooks, the dominant goal is to instill the hatred of Israel in order to fight forindependence（Figs. 1 and 2）. Not only historical and geographical explanations, butalso poems are often used in the textbooks for this purpose.８Palestinian National Education for First Grade, pp.67-68.141