Palestinians: Schools

(asked on 18th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Palestinian Authority on the Authority's internal review of the content of its national curriculum after reports of antisemitic and extremist content.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 30th March 2020

The UK government is deeply concerned about the allegations of incitement in the Palestinian Authority’s school textbooks.

The International Development Secretary reiterated our concerns in a call to the Palestinian Authority’s Education Minister just last month, where they also discussed the Palestinian Authority’s own textbook review.

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