The NEA’s anti-Israel, pro-Palestine 2018.’ activism goes back to at least
educators, in order to further the reach of their extreme views nationwide.
Educators for Palestine may be radical, but it isn’t fringe: It has real sway within the influential union.
In February, the NEA’s board of directors issued a demand for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas — and Educators for Palestine took the credit.
“Educators for Palestine had everything to do with NEA releasing this statement,” the group posted on its Instagram page.
President Biden had been scheduled to speak at the conference on Sunday to energize this critical Democratic constituency on the heels of his shaky debate performance — but abruptly canceled Friday, as the union grappled with a strike called by its own staffers.
Also: Any Biden show of labor solidarity could’ve blown up in his face, because the NEA, egged on by Educators for Palestine, may be poised to un-endorse him.
The group’s first action when it launched publicly in January 2024 was to tweet out a petition encouraging the NEA to revoke its endorsement of President Biden until teachers have found allies not just in pro-Palestinian circles, but in pro-terror ones as well.
The NEA’s anti-Israel, pro-Palestine activism goes back to at least 2018, although it’s received scant press coverage.
In 2022, for example, a proposed business item called on the NEA “to educate members and the general public about the history, culture, and struggles of Palestinians, including the detention and abuse of children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
The 2022 conference ended before the item received a vote, but that’s unlikely to happen this year.
With 10 anti-Israel business items on the docket, the sheer number of initiatives — as well as the repetition of topics — means passage of at least some of them seems inevitable.
And while these activists will first be radicalizing educators, America’s schoolchildren are the true targets in their crosshairs.