This is not okay.

It is the latest in a long list of examples where young children with Palestinian flags, saying "Free Palestine" or expressing pro-Palestinian views are being censured by schools

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Of course, shouting "Free Palestine" to another Jewish child, in any way that holds them responsible for Israel's conduct, or expecting them to condemn Israel because they are Jews, would not be okay.

But that's not what seems to be happening here

jerusalemdeclaration.org Image
See this example.

The audio has been shared widely - and is not okay.

Audio here: Image
See example here where police officers apparently interviewed young girls telling them they could possibly charged for criminal damage for putting ‘free Palestine’ posters up on the same spots that BLM posters were up & called anti-Semitic by a teacher too
Or see this example: a child told off for putting up free Palestine posters and got made to take them all down (in areas they are usually allowed posters)

Or this example when children were disciplined in a school for holding up hand-drawn Palestinian flags outside the school

Or this example from last week, where the aunt says that the child did not target the teacher as some had claimed ImageImage
A person who is collating this is @ilyas_nagdee - please email him at palestineinschool@gmail.com with as much detail as possible - dates, what happened and sanctions applied.

Thank you to him for doing this amazing work.

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And even Tommy Robinson - watch how he is hugged by one of the crowd..

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Or can we focus on the issues?
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