Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on whether the screening of a Palestinian television children's programme that included a poem inciting violence against Israel constitutes a breach of her Department's Partnership Principles by the Palestinian Authority.

The UK Partnership Principles that the Palestinian Authority commits to are: reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, respecting human rights and other international obligations, strengthening financial management and accountability, and strengthening domestic accountability. While the UK does not assess that the actions referred to constitute a breach of the Partnership Principles such action makes a culture of peace and mutual respect more difficult to achieve and the UK deplores incitement on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. HMG has a regular dialogue with the Palestinian Authority in which we reiterate the need to prepare their population for peaceful coexistence. We consider that the track record of President Abbas and Prime Minister Hamdallah shows their commitment to non-violence.