(1) In 2016 and 2017, the Palestinian Author-
ity published modified curricula for school-aged chil-
dren in grades 1 through 11. 
(2) Textbooks used by the Palestinian Author-
ity (PA) in the West Bank and Gaza include graph-
ics portraying violence against Israeli soldiers, posi-
tive portrayals of individuals who have committed at-
tacks against citizens of Israel, and references to 
Palestinian efforts to target the ‘‘Zionists’’. 
(3) PA textbooks are used at schools sponsored 
by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency 
(UNRWA) because UNRWA schools use the text-
books of the host government. 
(4) On April 26, 2018, the Government Ac-
countability Office (GAO) published a report that 
found the following: 
(A) Textbooks in PA schools feature inac-
curate and misleading maps of the region and 
include militaristic, adversarial imagery and 
content that incite hatred. 
(B) The Department of State raised with 
Palestinian officials the objectionable content in 
textbooks, including a specific math problem 
using the number of Palestinian casualties in 
the First and Second Intifadas. 
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(C) The United Nations Relief and Works 
Agency (UNRWA), in its review of the text-
books, identified content not aligned with 
United Nations values, the majority of which 
content related to neutrality or bias issues, in-
cluding issues related to maps and references to 
Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Au-
thority has not sufficiently eliminated content and pas-
sages encouraging violence or intolerance toward other 
countries or ethnic groups from the curriculum used in 
their schools. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS REQUIRED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 
for two years in accordance with subsection (c), the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report review-
ing curriculum used in schools in areas controlled by the 
Palestinian Authority or located in Gaza and controlled 
by any other entity. Each such report shall include the 
following: 
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(1) A determination of whether there is content 
or passages encouraging violence or intolerance to-
ward other countries or ethnic groups in such cur-
riculum, and a detailed explanation of the reasons 
for reaching such determination. 
(2) An assessment of the steps the Palestinian 
Authority is taking to reform such curriculum at 
schools to conform with standards of peace and tol-
erance in the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance 
by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural 
Organization 
(adopted 
November 
16, 
1995). 
(3) A determination whether United States for-
eign assistance is used, directly or indirectly, to fund 
the dissemination of such curriculum by the Pales-
tinian Authority. 
(4) A detailed report on how United States as-
sistance is being used to address curriculum that en-
courages violence or intolerance toward other nations 
or ethnic groups. 
(5) A detailed report about United States diplo-
matic efforts in the preceding five years to encour-
age peace and tolerance in Palestinian education. 
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(6) If any diplomatic efforts referred to in para-
graph (5) were stopped by the Secretary of State, 
the reasons for such stoppages. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of State 
shall post on a publicly available website of the Depart-
ment of State each report required under subsection (a). 
(c) SUBSEQUENT DEADLINES.—Each report required 
by subsection (a), other than the first such report, shall 
be submitted not later than 90 days after the date on 
which a new school year begins for schools controlled by 
the Palestinian Authority. 
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