"Following the exposure of an unpublished EU report on Palestinian school textbooks last week by German newspaper BILD, several lawmakers have called to make the report public.
IMPACT-se, a research and policy institute that monitors and analyzes education, has obtained a copy of the report, which found that Palestinian textbooks – funded by the EU- contain antisemitism, incite children to hatred and violence and delegitimize the State of Israel...
A follow up piece in daily BILD stated that the EU Commission misled policymakers who requested a copy of the report and were denied on the basis that it had not yet been 'finalized' despite the report being submitted by the reviewing institute in March.
The German government has called on the EU to make public the secretive report, citing public interest and concerns over whether German taxpayer money is being used to fund hate...
In another development, a group of 26 cross-party MEPs from all the major parties in the European Parliament, initiated by Swedish MEP David Lega and Slovakian MEP Miriam Lexmann both from the EPP group, have written to the EU Commission and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanding an investigation into UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, over antisemitism and incitement in UNRWA educational materials.
The letter expressed alarm about 'UNRWA’s continued use of hateful school materials that encourage violence, reject peace, and demonizes both Israel and the Jewish people. We deeply deplore the agency’s lack of oversight, transparency and accountability with regard to the repeated revelations of teaching hate and incitement to Palestinian children under UNRWA’s care.'
It condemns the use of EU taxpayers’ money to fund hate teaching and antisemitic aggravation..."