Two years after a brutal crackdown on encampment protests against Israeli genocide, the University of Massachusetts has cut the only Modern Standard Arabic course. The university has also effectively fired an Iranian lecturer and Palestine activist, which he believes was politically motivated.
Israeli occupation forces shot and killed a Palestinian teacher early Saturday (May 16) during an invasion of the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed.
The Palestinian Directorate of Education organized a celebration to honor retired Palestinian teachers, but Israeli forces raided the event and sent everyone home.
A short documentary with video clips of Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers president, praising Israel, past AFT resolutions offering unconditional support for Israel, and inclusion of the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) in AFT crisis response programs.