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<p>We cannot yet provide further public information on which international partners
have joined the independent review. Our international partners are currently concluding
their contracting with the service provider, and do not wish to publicise their involvement
at this time. Work commissioned by the UK on the inception report has already begun;
our timeline for the textbook review remains unchanged and we will publish findings
by September 2019. We will inform interested parliamentarians of further details as
soon as possible.</p><p>The UK government is deeply concerned about allegations of
incitement in the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) new curriculum and it has been a priority
for the Secretary of State for the Department for International Development to commission
an independent, impartial and rigorous review of the PA’s textbooks. We are pleased
that after calls by the UK government for international action, a group of international
partners - including the UK - will lead a review into the books included in the PA’s
pilot curriculum. The PA Minister for Education Sabri Saidam has confirmed that he
will engage constructively with the findings of the review, and listen to recommendations.</p>
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