2 Amendments of Niclas HERBST related to 2023/2129(DEC)
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127
Paragraph 127
127. Notes that, followingReaffirms its condemnation, in the strongest possible terms, of the despicable terrorist attacks carried out byommitted by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, the Commission announced on 9 October 2023 its decision to review the Union’s assistance for Palestine; welcomes that the; underlines that the Hamas terrorists who perpetrated the attack on Israel are graduates of the Palestinian education system, which is largely financed by the EU; points out, again, the incitement to violence, glorification of terrorism, and antisemitism taught in Palestinian schools via Palestinian Authority textbooks and additional material developed by the UNRWA, which are taught in both UNRWA schools and Hamas-run schools; expresses extreme worry about the credible reports regarding UNRWA staffers praising, facilitating or even assisting Hamas on 7 October; calls on the Commission to immediately stop EU funding to UNRWA, and demands that the humanitarian aid to Palestine is redirected to other organisations, as EU aid should under no circumstances - directly or indirectly - be financing terrorism; stresses that the EU should help the Palestinian civilian population and should foster peace in the region, hence it should not support any organisation or entity connected to Hamas or any other terror organisation; is ashamed of the Commissions own internal review, finalised on 21 November 2023, which has shown that the Commission has ex- ante and ex-post controls, and a system of safeguards in place that work well and that no evidence has been found to date that money has been diverted for unintended purposes; highlights, furthermore, that according to the Commission’s reply, the current rules in tender procedures and calls for proposals “make the participation of entities, individuals or groups affiliated with terrorist organisations categorically incompatible with any Union funding”;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127 a (new)
Paragraph 127 a (new)
127 a. Deplores the incitement to violence, eulogizing of terrorists, anti- Semitism and hate speech taught in Palestinian textbooks and additional teaching materials developed by UNRWA, taught in Palestinian schools which helped enable the dreadful terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas on Oct 7th. Stresses with great concern that the perpetrators of the Hamas attack on Israel included UNRWA employees and graduates of Palestinian schools, which utilize, teach and implement textbooks and teaching materials that are drafted by civil servants whose salaries are paid for by the EU; Stresses and reiterates the EP’s position that textbooks drafted by Union funds, must be made conditional on full compliance with UNESCO standards of peace and tolerance; as already was decided upon by the EP in its 2023 recommendation on relations with the Palestinian Authority, and as repeatedly requested in its latest adopted resolutions on Prospects for the Two-State Solution, and in its discharge procedures adopted in 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020;