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Union to debate circulating educational resources on Palestine and Israel

Source: PA Archive

Teachers will debate whether a union should publish and circulate educational resources to “increase understanding of Palestine and Israel”.

Delegates at the National Education Union (NEU) annual conference in Bournemouth next week are due to vote on whether the union should support the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).

A motion, due to be debated at the conference of the largest education union in the UK, accuses Israel’s government of being “racist” and suggests it is the “main driver” of the conflict, violence and war.

The UK Government must stop being an enabler of

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