Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3266) to require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports reviewing the curriculum used by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3266 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In 2016 and 2017, the Palestinian Authority published modified curricula for school-aged children in grades 1 through 11. (2) Textbooks used by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Gaza include graphics portraying violence against Israeli soldiers, positive portrayals of individuals who have committed attacks against citizens of Israel, and references to Palestinian efforts to target the ``Zionists''. (3) PA textbooks are used at schools sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) because UNRWA schools use the textbooks of the host government. (4) On April 26, 2018, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report that found the following: (A) Textbooks in PA schools feature inaccurate and misleading maps of the region and include militaristic, adversarial imagery and content that incite hatred.…”