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LFI condemns Government review into Palestinian textbooks for also probing Israeli ones

Government is accused of 'providing the Palestinian Authority with blank cheques so it can continue... glorifying violence and inciting terror'

December 18, 2018 12:19
Palestinian Authority President Mahmous Abbas inspects a school classroom in Ramallah in June, 2007
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Labour Friends of Israel has called it "shameful" that a review into Palestinian textbooks - that teach children antisemitism and are partly funded by British aid money - will also investigate Israeli textbooks.

Middle East Minister Alistair Burt announced a “rigorous and independent review” of Palestinian Authority (PA) textbooks in July, after it was revealed Britain was paying more than £20million in aid a year towards a curriculum criticised for inciting pupils to become jihadists and martyrs.

But it has now been revealed that the review will also include an assessment of Israeli textbooks, even though Britain does not fund them.

The JC understands the information emerged in a meeting between Mr Burt and a European pro-Israeli advocate.