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Charge No.:12; Corruption of the Palestinian Education System <br />Hamas is charged with corrupting the educational system since it seized power in 2006. It <br />has militarized schools by indoctrinating children in the elementary stages with <br />curriculums related to offensive jihad, and urging children to learn to use weapons so that <br />they can carry out terrorist attacks after they grow up and graduate. One teacher who <br />opposes Harms policies testified that: One teacher notes that "They already control us in <br />every possible way... They monitor when we talk to our male colleagues and they <br />humiliate us if we don't dress in the way they want us to." Rules are enforced by "modesty <br />police", known to abuse those in their custody. Thousands of children are taught to use <br />weapons and urged to pursue jihad after graduation. <br />Hamas is charged with directly endangering Palestinian students by tiring rockets from <br />schools campuses. Hamas also endangers the lives of school students directly, by setting <br />schools as bases for firing rockets at Israel, despite the opposition of the students' families <br />to these reckless behaviors, and their concern for their children in light of such a violent <br />and harsh atmosphere. <br />The civil activist (Rarnzi Harzallah), who is considered a critic of Hamas, explained. that <br />his family's house was raided by Hamas members, dressed in civilian clothes, and he <br />published a video documenting that raid, and the threat of Hamas members to his parents <br />and his family. (19) <br />27 <br />