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EU Commissioner commits to PA funding freeze over textbook incitement

TPS-IL — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:04:53 +0000

The European Union official who oversees aid to the Palestinian Authority has voiced support for conditioning the release of funds on the removal of incitement and antisemitism from P.A. textbooks. The remarks follow two European Parliament resolutions last week demanding the “deletion of all antisemitic references, and removal of examples that incite hatred and violence” […]

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EU officials squabble over conditions for Palestinian aid

Ariel Kahana — Tue, 16 May 2023 22:55:09 +0000

A rare public clash between EU officials took place in recent days after the 27-member body announced unprecedented measures to potentially cut aid to the Palestinian Authority over its incitement to terrorism. Last Wednesday, the European Parliament declared that the €300 million (A$487 million) per year it gives to Ramallah are set to be conditioned […]

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European-funded organisation trains PA teachers using texts lauding terrorism

TPS-IL — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 05:11:25 +0000

The A.M Qattan Foundation funded by several European countries has trained teachers in the Palestinian Authority while using texts that promote and support terrorism, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported.

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EU will defund UNRWA for using PA textbooks inciting Jew-hatred

David Singer — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:00:09 +0000

David Singer: The European Parliament has threatened to block €20 million in aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) – unless “substantive positive” changes are made by the next academic school year to Palestinian Authority (PA) textbooks used in UNWRA schools.

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Report reveals UNRWA continues antisemitic hate, incitement in schools

JNS — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 03:43:18 +0000

It found that an “exercise describes ‘pieces of corpses’ being dispersed throughout city streets to teach grade-nine spelling”; and Israel, a U.N. member state, “is solely referred to as ‘the Enemy’ or ‘the Occupation’ and is erased from maps of the region.”

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Observers say EU-funded review of Palestinian textbooks reeks of ‘incompetence, concealment’

Israel Kasnett - JNS.org — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:51:22 +0000

Israel Kasnett: Serious mistakes were made undermining the credibility of the report, including analyzing the wrong textbooks and attributing Arabic-language Israeli textbooks to the Palestinian Authority, ignoring antisemitism and ignoring incitement to violence, martyrdom and jihad.

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British government plans inquiry into incitement in Palestinian textbooks

JNS — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 05:39:51 +0000

“It is grotesque that U.K. taxpayers’ money is helping to support the teaching of a curriculum which incites violence and terrorism and spreads antisemitism,” said Parliament member Joan Ryan.

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