,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ae1 
#bjba,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,state to submit annual   
reports reviewing the educational       
material used by the ,palestinian       
,authority in schools1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,peace and          
,tolerance in ,palestinian ,education   
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,in #bjaf and #bjag1   
the ,palestinian ,authority published   
modified curricula for school-aged      
children in grades #a through #aa4  7#b7
 ,textbooks used by the ,palestinian    
,authority in the ,west ,bank and ,gaza 
include graphics portraying violence    
against ,israeli soldiers1 positive     
portrayals of individuals who have      
committed attacks against citizens of   

,israel1 and references to ,palestinian 
efforts to target the ,zionists4  7#c7  
,palestinian ,authority textbooks are   
used at schools sponsored by the ,united
 ,nations ,relief and ,works ,agency for
 ,palestine ,refugees in the ,near ,east
 because the schools use the textbooks  
of the host government4  7#d7 ,on ,april
 #bf1 #bjah1 the ,government            
,accountability ,office published a     
report that found the following3 7,a7   
,textbooks in schools in areas          
controlled by the ,palestinian          
,authority feature inaccurate and       
misleading maps of the region and       
include militaristic1 adversarial       
imagery and content that incite hatred4 
7,b7 ,the ,department of ,state raised  
with ,palestinian officials the         
objectionable content in the textbooks1 
including a specific math problem using 
the number of ,palestinian casualties in
 the ,first and ,second ,intifadas4     
7,c7 ,the ,united ,nations ,relief and  
,works ,agency for ,palestine ,refugees 

in the ,near ,east1 in its review of the
 textbooks1 identified content not      
aligned with ,united ,nations values1   
the majority of which content related to
 neutrality or bias issues1 including   
issues related to maps and references to
 ,jerusalem as the capital of           
,palestine4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it
 is the sense of ,congress that the     
,palestinian ,authority has not         
sufficiently eliminated content         
encouraging violence or intolerance     
toward other countries or ethnic groups 
from the curriculum used in schools in  
areas controlled by the ,palestinian    
,authority4  #d4 ,reports required  7a7 
,in general ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and annually thereafter for #b    
years in accordance with subsection 7c71
 the ,secretary of ,state shall submit  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
 of the ,senate and the ,committee on   
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives a report reviewing     

curriculum used in schools in areas     
controlled by the ,palestinian          
,authority or located in ,gaza and      
controlled by any other entity4  7b7    
,elements ,each report required by      
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following3 7#a7 ,a determination of     
whether the curriculum reviewed contains
 content encouraging violence or        
intolerance toward other countries or   
ethnic groups1 and a detailed           
explanation of the reasons for reaching 
such determination4  7#b7 ,an assessment
 of the steps the ,palestinian          
,authority is taking to reform          
curriculum containing such content at   
schools to conform with standards of    
peace and tolerance in the ,declaration 
of ,principles on ,tolerance adopted by 
,member ,states of the ,united ,nations 
,educational1 ,scientific and ,cultural 
,organization on ,november #af1 #aiie4  
7#c7 ,a determination of whether ,united
 ,states foreign assistance is used1    
directly or indirectly1 to fund the     

dissemination of such curriculum by the 
,palestinian ,authority4  7#d7 ,a       
detailed report on how ,united ,states  
assistance is being used to address     
curriculum that encourages violence or  
intolerance toward other nations or     
ethnic groups4  7#e7 ,a detailed report 
on ,united ,states diplomatic efforts1  
during the #e-year period preceding the 
date on which the report is submitted1  
to encourage peace and tolerance in     
,palestinian education4  7#f7 ,if any   
diplomatic efforts referred to in       
paragraph 7#e7 were stopped by the      
,secretary of ,state1 the reasons for   
such stoppages4  7c7 ,public            
availability ,the ,secretary of ,state  
shall post on a publicly available      
website of the ,department of ,state    
each report required by subsection 7a74 
7d7 ,subsequent deadlines ,each report  
required by subsection 7a71 other than  
the first such report1 shall be         
submitted not later than #ij days after 
the date on which a new school year     

begins for schools in areas controlled  
by the ,palestinian ,authority4