The resolution, adopted on December 14, emphasized the European Union is currently funding this material, and would have to suspend the funding in case of misuse.Items number 28 and 29 address the Palestinian education curriculum, stating that EU-funded teaching must align with "UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co-existence and non-violence."MEP Miriam Lexman, a central figure from the Slovak European People’s Pzrty (EPP) described Palestinian textbooks as “a key impediment to the resolution of the conflict.”Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen, a member of the Reformed Political Party, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists said: “Is it too much to ask to attach a stipulation to subsidies to the Palestinian Authority?In response to the decision, the PA said in a statement that that “the State of Palestine deeply regrets and is concerned about efforts by certain quarters in the European Parliament to inject false claims and attacks against Palestinian children, institutions, and UNRWA.”On their end, Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip also released a statement in English, condemning "fallacies and positions" and accusing the EU of "an appalling bias towards Israel."Oliver Varhelyi, an EU commissioner who is overseeing the issue, said that a second review of textbooks is forthcoming and that the appropriate measures will be taken if the situation does not change."