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". – Naturally I understand the honourable Member's concern. As far as the Commission is concerned, we have never supported financially the production or distribution of school textbooks nor the preparation of school curricula. Assistance to the educational system is focused mainly on infrastructure, equipment for schools and direct assistance for school expenses, for example, salaries. No request has ever been made by the Palestinian Authority to the Commission to finance school curricula and textbooks.
The Commission is ready to raise this question, raised by the honourable Member, with the Palestinian Authority. I am also happy to draw the concerns of the honourable Member to Member States' attention although bilateral projects are matters for Member States and not for the Commission.
I should point out, in addition, that Article 2 of the EC/Palestinian Interim Association Agreement clearly states that mutual cooperation between the parties "has to be based on the respect of democratic principles and fundamental human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights which guides their internal and international policy". The honourable Member may also be interested to know that we have financed several projects worth about EUR 4.5 million in recent years, designed to foster dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian youth."@en1
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