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EU Parliament Committee Votes to Freeze $18 Million in Aid to PA over Textbook Incitement Against Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - The European Parliament's Budgetary Committee has voted to freeze $18 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority if it does not remove incitement against Israel in its textbooks. The committee said the funds will be released "when the Palestinian Authority has committed to reform its school curriculum and textbooks to bring them in line with UNESCO standards for peace and tolerance in school education." "The textbooks published by the PA in 2017, which are financed by the EU...contain, across all subjects, numerous examples of violent depictions, hate speech - in particular against Israel - and glorifications of jihad and martyrdom."