K-12 educators around the U.S. who show support for Palestine have been targeted with false charges of antisemitism and have faced a clear pattern of punishment without due process based on disturbing double standards.
The backlash against Palestine in education isn’t just happening in universities. There have also been dozens of educators disciplined at primary and secondary schools across the U.S. for teaching about the Israeli attack on Gaza.
If you are an institution writing a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza without demanding an end to the blockade and Israeli impunity, or speaking out for Palestinian freedom, don’t even bother.
In 2018, Marc Lamont Hill was fired from his job at CNN over comments he made in support of Palestinian liberation. Now, Israel supporters are angered over his hiring by CUNY.
Israel’s war on education is part of Israel’s war on Palestinian childhood. The only way to fight it is through a Palestinian pedagogy of liberation and international solidarity through BDS.
Muntaha Aqel grew up among “the children of the rocks” of the First Intifada, and lived her life in service of her people’s liberation.
Palestinians in Jaffa, Jerusalem, and across Israel are challenging discriminatory Israeli education policies.
Public discourse about Arabic diglossia has been on the rise as of late, especially as a vindication of colonial praxis when it comes to Palestinian communities in Israel. What this discourse often ignores is the context of Arabic learners, and the need to decolonize Eurocentric frameworks in linguistic research.
“As perceived by the children, economic conditions had the most influence on their ability to stay in school,” a new report from Al Mezan says.
Israel has long had a policy of undermining Palestinian institutions of higher education, and this has had a profound impact on scientific research. “What is easy in Palestine?” asks Yousef Najajreh, an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Al-Quds University. “Driving on the road is not easy. Going to the supermarket is not easy. No, doing science in Palestine is something like a miracle, if you manage to do science.”