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US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Address Hate, Violence In Palestinian Schools By JLNJ Staff | April 08, 2021
(JNS) A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced a bill to require the U.S. State Department to address hate and violence in the Palestinian school curriculum.
The measure the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act (H.R. 2374) was introduced by Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), David Trone (D-Md.) and Brian Mast (R-Fla.). It calls on the State Department to take a number of steps to monitor the Palestinian Authority educational curriculum, such as:
A determination of whether content and passages encouraging violence or intolerance towards other nations or ethnic groups have been removed from such curriculum;
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US lawmakers reintroduce bill to address hate, violence in Palestinian schools
US lawmakers reintroduce bill to address hate, violence in Palestinian schools
The Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act (H.R. 2374) calls on the U.S. State Department to take a number of steps to monitor the Palestinian Authority curriculum.
Palestinian students on the first day of school in the city of Nablus in the West Bank on Sept. 6, 2020. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
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(April 6, 2021 / JNS) A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced a bill to require the U.S. State Department to address hate and violence in the Palestinian school curriculum.
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A group of four US lawmakers reintroduced on Monday a bipartisan bill that would require the US State Department to annually review textbooks and educational materials used by the Palestinian Authority for violent content, and to determine how US funds are used.
If passed, the so-called Bipartisan Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act would mandate that the State Department monitor the steps taken by the Palestinian Authority to reform the curriculum taught at schools to “conform with standards of peace and tolerance,” including the removal of content and passages embracing violence or intolerance.