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<p>Given the seriousness with which the UK takes the allegations of incitement in
the Palestinian pilot curriculum and textbooks we have taken the time needed to make
sure that the independent review delivered will be rigorous, credible and can form
the basis for discussions with the Palestinian Authority (PA) on this important issue.
Securing the backing of the wider international community is central to this. We are
pleased that after calls by the UK government for international action the European
Union (EU) agreed to lead and co-fund the independent review. DFID has pressed hard
to expedite this and had hope to make findings available to Parliament by September
2019, including by commissioning an inception report to form the basis of the independent
review.</p><p> </p><p>The EU are currently in contracting negotiations with a potential
service partner. Following this negotiation DFID will provide an update to Parliamentarians
on the timetable for the report. We recognise that publishing findings by September
is now very unlikely, although we anticipate only a short delay. In the interim, we
are continuing to raise our concerns about incitement in education, which I did personally
at a meeting with the Palestinian Authority Education Minister in Ramallah in May
2019.</p>
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