The European Parliament passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning Palestinian Authority (PA) school textbooks for promoting antisemitism and inciting violence.
The resolution calls for EU funding to Ramallah to be frozen until substantial reforms are made, including the removal of the offending material. It marks the sixth consecutive year the EU Parliament has criticised the PA curriculum.
This year, lawmakers pointed to a recent study revealing that an online curriculum produced by the PA for pupils in Gaza continued to glorify terrorism and “martyrdom” and included antisemitic tropes – despite repeated promises from the PA to revise its educational materials.
The resolution passed with a broad majority and places renewed pressure on the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, to enforce a funding freeze agreed upon last year.
