FINALLY: European Parliament calls out @UNRWA for using textbooks "which contain hate speech and incitement to violence." Kudos to MEP @DavidLega for helping to draft the text. europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
As usual, UNRWA is in full denial: unrwa.org/newsroom/offic…
As usual, UNRWA is in full denial: unrwa.org/newsroom/offic…
https://twitter.com/DavidLega/status/1387504949182017537
“The European Parliament is concerned about the hate speech and violence taught in Palestinian school textbooks and used in schools by UNRWA; is concerned about the effectiveness of UNRWA's mechanisms of adherence to UN values in educational materials used and taught by UNRWA...
“staff in its schools, which contain hate speech and incitement to violence; insists that UNRWA acts in full transparency and publishes in an open-source platform all its educational materials for teachers and students, as well as its reviews of host country textbooks...“
“...used to ensure that content adheres to UN values and does not encourage hatred; requests that all school material which is not in compliance with these standards be removed immediately; insists that the earmarking of EU funding such as PEGASE for salaries paid to teachers...“
“...and public servants in the education sector must be made conditional on educational material and course content complying with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non-violence, as was decided upon by Union education ministers in Paris on 17 March 2015.“
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