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The Israeli government promotes a law to fire teachers who “support” armed conflict against Israel

The Israeli Parliament (Knesset) approved a bill this Tuesday that allows the Education Ministry to fire without compensation teachers who express support for armed conflict against the State of Israel.

The measure, promoted by Likud party lawmakers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ultranationalist Zionist power Itamar Ben Gvir, authorizes the education minister to order the expulsion of academics and reduce funding allocated to affected institutions.

The proposal, specifically, refers to teachers who show support for or identify with “terrorist organizations” or “terrorist acts”, terms that refer to attacks against civilians in Israel or against Israeli soldiers by armed groups. Used to refer to attacks, both in Israeli territory and in the occupied West Bank or Gaza.

The law was supported by 55 MPs and another 45 voted against it. According to an explanation of the proposal, the law primarily targets schools in East Jerusalem, where legislators believe there is “incitement against the State of Israel with the glorification of terrorists.”

The text reads, “Its long-term destructive impact may find expression in the large number of minors living in East Jerusalem who carry out or attempt to carry out terrorist attacks.”

In the occupied territory of East Jerusalem, which Israel unilaterally annexed in 1980, at least 15 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire this year, only six of whom died while trying to attack soldiers or police. Were.

Eight of the dead were minors, including a 4-year-old boy who was shot inside a car by Israeli soldiers in January when they fired on another vehicle, and a 13-year-old boy, who was He was shot after bursting crackers.

A proposal similar to the one approved this Tuesday, specifically against Israeli universities, was initially approved in July and is in the legislative process. Then, the opposition leader, Yair Lapid, warned of the danger of allowing political authorities, and not justice, to decide what constitutes supporting terrorism.

Since the Hamas attacks on October 7 last year, many teachers have been detained for criticizing the Israeli military or expressing support for the Palestinian cause.

In early October, Intisar Hiazi, an Israeli Arab teacher from the city of Nazareth, was arrested for posting a video in which she was allegedly dancing on the October 7 anniversary. According to Israeli media, the video was published through a function of the TikTok social network that retrieves videos published on the same day last year, and the original video was uploaded before news of the Hamas attacks became known.

The teacher was released after some time. Earlier, the Minister of National Security, anti-Arab resident Itamar Ben Gvir (leader of Jewish Power), had published a photo of a blindfolded woman inside a police vehicle, with the phrase: “Zero towards instigators and supporters Tolerance”Terrorism!” (efe)