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On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
If we are trying to encourage a durable peace--and that is what we all want, a durable peace--between the Israelis and Palestinians, textbooks with this sort of content are completely counterproductive.
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Todd Young
Republican · Indiana

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Senator Young criticizes textbooks promoting violence in Palestinian schools as harmful to peace efforts.

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