So which of the 8 mentions of Zionism in the report is forcing it into the curriculum? Most of the instances are either surfacing comments from the consultation or exploring it’s definition for the purposes of the report. It even says:
Criticism of Zionism, advocacy for alternative models for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict, or criticism of Israeli government policies may not, in themselves, be antisemitic.
although it does note there can be a cross over between anti-zionism being used as code for anti-Semitism. The closest I could find was:
Recommendation 12
The Department for Education, schools and colleges should address antisemitism
through appropriate places in the curriculum, tutorial time and pastoral provision.
To enable this:
a. The Department for Education should ensure that citizenship education has
sufficient opportunity to address contemporary antisemitism, alongside other
forms of hatred and prejudice, within a coherent programme of learning.
b. The Department for Education should ensure schools and colleges embed
high-quality teaching on media literacy and online safety, helping learners to
recognise and confront harmful online content, including antisemitism and
conspiracy theories.
c. Schools and colleges should make effective use of tutorial time, pastoral
provision and wider learning opportunities to address contemporary antisemitism
alongside other forms of hatred and prejudice.
The Department for Education should develop, quality assure and publish
practical resources and tools to support schools, colleges, academy trusts,
college groups, and/or local authorities in addressing antisemitism and wider
hatred and social cohesion issues. These resources should include guidance and
materials to help all staff discuss controversial issues and respond to significant
global events, particularly those relating to the Israel-Palestine conflict and
contemporary antisemitism
which seems pretty reasonable to me given kids to the tools to recognise all sorts of prejudice when navigating a very contested information space.
This is what the post is about to begin with.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c623d7z1rxg5o
So which of the 8 mentions of Zionism in the report is forcing it into the curriculum? Most of the instances are either surfacing comments from the consultation or exploring it’s definition for the purposes of the report. It even says:
although it does note there can be a cross over between anti-zionism being used as code for anti-Semitism. The closest I could find was:
which seems pretty reasonable to me given kids to the tools to recognise all sorts of prejudice when navigating a very contested information space.
Read up on what IHRA is instead of writing novels and then come back and tell me if I can compare Israel to Nazi Germany under it.