OPINION (CBN) – The European Union said it will begin examining new Palestinian school textbooks after a study revealed they are inciting children to violence and discouraging peace with Israel. EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said the commission has already set aside funds for the probe. “The study shall be carried out by an independent and internationally recognized research institute,” she said in a statement.
The investigation will focus on “identifying possible incitement to hatred and violence and any possible lack of compliance with Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) standards of peace and tolerance in education,” Mogherini continued. The EU has already begun the probe. It follows a study from the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) released last month which revealed the radical ideologies being taught to Palestinian children in their new textbooks. READ MORE