UNRWA textbooks under scrutiny by EU Parliament committee UNRWA textbooks under scrutiny by EU Parliament committee The textbooks got the attention of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee after a report by an Israeli NGO found that they are “rife with problematic content that contradicts stated U.N. values." Palestinian students affiliated with UNRWA in the southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 25, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90. Spread the word. (February 8, 2021 / JNS) Palestinian textbooks provided by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) came under scrutiny during a recent hearing of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. The attention was prompted by a report issued by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), an Israeli non-governmental organization that found the textbooks “to be rife with problematic content that contradicts stated U.N. values.”