A showdown over the Israel-Hamas War is looming at the National Education Association Representative Assembly, where pro-Palestinian delegates are seeking to pass a slew of anti-Israel resolutions over the objections of Jewish members.
A participant holds miniature U.S. and Israeli flags as they stand on the National Mall at the March for Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Washington. A showdown over the Israel-Hamas war is looming at the National Education Association Representative Assembly, where pro-Palestinian delegates are seeking to pass a slew of anti-Israel resolutions over the objections of Jewish members.
NBI 74 calls for the NEA to publish the names of members of Congress who have received donations or endorsements from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Democratic Majority for Israel. “As members of our nation’s biggest union, it is up to us to take a stand,” Educators for Palestine posted on Instagram. “We say NO to the genocide of the Palestinian people, NO to the United States’ support for Israel’s war in Gaza, NO to imperialist wars!”
A proposed NBI must be sponsored by at least 50 delegates to qualify for a floor vote. If passed, the item “directs the union to do something for a year, but isn’t a permanent statement of belief,”The National Education Association , the country’s biggest teacher’s union with 3 million members, is holding its Representative Assembly in Philadelphia July 3-7.
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