Mick Hartley

From the JC:

Members of Britain’s biggest teachers’ union shared lessons plans days after October 7 asking pupils if they would “fight back” if they lived in Gaza, the JC can reveal.

The National Education Union (NEU) already faces accusations of alleged antisemitism within its ranks after a Jewish MP, Labour’s Damien Egan, was barred from visiting a school in Bristol because of his support for Israel.

Now it can be revealed that shortly after the massacre carried out by Hamas in 2023 NEU members in the city shared lesson plans which Jewish leaders claim appear to justify the attack.

The materials have been passed on to the JC by a whistleblower teacher in Bristol who had access to documents shared online in a Google Drive folder titled “Palestine4Educators”.

The document, entitled “How can educators teach about Palestine?” is emblazoned with both the NEU logo and the red, green and black Palestinian flag, bearing the words ‘Free Palestine’.

It begins with the notorious slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, which is widely understood as invalidating the legitimacy of the entire state of Israel.…

No surprise. Like so many other unions, the NEU has been taken over by activists.

If schools say they “can’t be seen to be taking sides”, it asks: “Do they not want to be on the side that is against genocide?”

The presentation advises teachers that if they “get in trouble” with their school, they should point to the NEU’s stated position and union motions.

The “Palestine4Educators” pack includes a proposed union branch motion declaring “solidarity with the Palestinians” and asserting that “Palestinians have a right to resist settler colonialism and occupation under international law”.

“Armed struggle” is included as a legitimate means of liberation.