The Algemeiner reports that the resolutions A9-0226/48 and 51 said “EU external funds may not be misallocated to activities that incite hatred and violence” and “EU financial support for the PA in the area of education should only be provided on the condition that textbook content be aligned with UNESCO standards.”

Resolution 51 urged “that all antisemitic references be deleted and that examples that incite hatred and violence be removed, as repeatedly requested in the resolutions” regarding the EU’s budget.

Following their passing, Marcus Sheff, CEO of Israeli education watchdog, which has authored numerous reports exposing antisemitic content in Palestinian education, implored the EU to follow through on threats to freeze Palestinian aid.

“Once again, they have highlighted the appalling hatred and incitement which continues to permeate Palestinian textbooks,” Sheff said in a press release. “The involvement of so many young Palestinians during the recent violence in Jenin demonstrates the deadly results of this indoctrination. It is imperative that the EU Parliament’s concerns are followed by swift and concrete action.”

Sheff added, “Failure to do so will have tragic results for generations of Palestinian children.”

Wednesday’s resolutions mark the second time in under two months that the EU Parliament has passed a resolution calling on the European Commission to suspend aid to the Palestinian Authority’s educational system until antisemitic and violent themes are removed from textbooks and other content provided to K-12 students.

The resolution marked the fourth year in the row that the EU has demanded immediate changes to Palestinian curriculum, which experts and lawmakers have described as the most antisemitic in the region and a factor protracting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The EU parliament passed a similar measure in December, declaring that PA curriculum is in tension with European values. The previous year, in May 2021, the body froze aid to the Palestinian Authority for 13 months. Aid resumed the following January, with former European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen insisting that “all the difficulties are gone.”

The Palestinian Authority has never significantly  reformed its educational system, according to several reports by Impact-se, which has continued to find, for example, grammar lessons saying “The Palestinians sacrifice their blood to liberate Jerusalem” and Arabic Drill Cards for 9th graders that say, “When the [Muslim] nation is negligent in protecting al-Aqsa, then the Jews will dare to defile it.” Israel also does not appear on any maps shown to students.

Other examples  of antisemitic material provided to children living in territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority include study cards for eleventh graders accusing Jews of being “in control of global events through financial power,” assignments instructing seventh graders to describe Israeli soldiers as “Satan’s aides,” and a textbook chapter imploring Muslims to “liberate” the Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to Israeli education watchdog Impact-se.

Teachers and staff working at Palestinian schools, who are funded by money the EU gives to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) also promote antisemitism and hate on social media and in the classroom, a report issued by Impact-se in March said, citing over 200 examples of the problem.

UNRWA received over $511.5 million in funding from the European Union and United States in 2021. In May, the EU announced that it would contribute $266 million to the agency through 2024.

The European Union assured Israel in May that its aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) will not fund terror groups and programs inciting violence against Israel. 

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