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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sally Weale Education correspondent

UK teachers defy minister to back pro-Palestine motion

A pro-Palestinian march in London in November
A pro-Palestinian march in London in November. The motion reaffirmed the NEU’s support for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Stop the War coalition. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

Teachers at the National Education Union conference have voted in favour of a motion calling for solidarity with Palestine and criticising the Israeli government as racist, and declared they would “take no lectures” from the education secretary.

Gillian Keegan said the motion was “wholly inappropriate” and would cause significant hurt to members of the Jewish community and thousands of Jewish children and parents in British schools.

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