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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) on Monday denounced UNRWA's decision to incorporate the subject of the "Holocaust" in its schools, as part of teaching about human rights.

The Islamist opposition political party said that the decision disregards Israeli atrocities against the palestinians.

In a press conference on Monday, Head of the Palestinian Affairs division Murad Adayleh called on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to incorporate issues concerning Palestinian rights, including the right of return as a sacred and legal inalienable right.

The Higher Committee of UNRWA School Teachers had issued a statement last week warning the UN refugee agency against teaching the subject of the Holocaust in UNRWA schools in Jordan, and called for incorporating subjects that pertain to the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian refugees' right of return.

The teachers threatened to go on strike if UNRWA does not back from its decision adopted last month to teach about the "Holocaust," the proclaimed genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II by Nazi Germany, and incorporate the topic within human rights issues in its education curriculum.

UNRWA schools generally teach curriculum of host countries, including Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza.