Members of the Oakland Education Association, the union representing teachers in the Oakland Unified School District, held a pro-Palestinian “teach-in” on Wednesday for children ages 4 to 18, presenting anti-Israel and antisemitic materials to classes.
A slide from the Oakland Educators Association materials for a pro-Palestinian “teach in,” December 6, 2023. None of the “attacks” were launched by Israel; all began with Hamas attacks on Israel, including — most notoriously — the 2023 terror attack of October 7, which is inverted in the materials into an act of Israeli aggression.
One slide from the curriculum (above) describes Israeli “attacks on Gaza,” which were conflicts started by Hamas attacks against Israeli civilians. The current conflict is included as an “attack on Gaza,” though it began with a horrific terror attack on Israel.
Another image from the curriculum, shared on local Fox affiliate KTVU-2, featured a Jewish caricature with the arms of an octopus, a common image in antisemitic propaganda, including in Nazi Germany. Other books and materials described “Zionist bullies,” and praised so-called Palestinian “resistance,”…
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