Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), confirmed on Wednesday 1 September, that the UN agency had revised the textbooks used in its schools following allegations of antisemitic content (see EUROPE B12577A28).
Speaking to MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, he said he took the allegations seriously and that the agency had examined the books and had taken action when...