Palestinians
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Matthew Offord (Hendon, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority on incitement.
Alistair Burt (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Afghanistan/South Asia, counter terrorism/proliferation, North America, Middle East and North Africa), Foreign and Commonwealth Office; North East Bedfordshire, Conservative)
We deplore incitement on both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The allegations of Palestinian incitement are largely raised in the context of the Palestinian education system and media. Where specific instances of incitement have occurred, we have raised our concerns about these cases with the Palestinian Authority, including President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad, and state media. Most recently our consul general in Jerusalem discussed these issues with PM Fayyad on