BELGIANS WAFFLE ON PA TEXTBOOKS

Belgium: PA textbooks not anti-Semitic
Although a new report states that some Palestinian Authority textbooks feature descriptions of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” as being an “integral part” of Zionist history that was approved in “a confidential resolution of the First Zionist Congress,” the Belgian government says it is continuing to fund production of the textbooks and does not consider them offensive.

“We do not find [the textbooks] anti-Semitic in any way,” said a spokesman from the Belgian government press office, speaking to The Jerusalem Post by telephone. “We have a screening process that goes through and reads the books. There has been some controversy about it in the past, but we have had people look into it.”

However, other countries may be having second thoughts. While Finland, Italy and the Netherlands have also provided aid for PA textbooks in the past, this year’s books only credit Belgium and “Arab nations” as providing aid.