Misleading Information removed from School Table Tops
School tables containing erroneous geographical information that had been spotted by a sharp eyed thirteen year old girl, have now been replaced by new plain table tops. We previously reported that six lunch tables at a South London school featured a map which incorrectly listed Tel Aviv as the capital
Teacher broadcast on Facebook demonstrating against Israel in supermarket
An East London schoolteacher is featured in a Facebook video, clearing supermarket shelves of Israeli products and chanting “free Palestine”. She appeared in a Redbridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) video, as part of their Boycott Apartheid Day of Action on 5th April 2025. Credit: Screenshot from PSC Facebook video UK
School’s “fast for Gaza” is abandoned.
The East London school that planned to hold a “collective fast for Gaza” on Friday 13th December abandoned the event, following a letter from UKLFI pointing out it was illegal. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) had informed Mr Ryder, principal of George Green’s school in the Isle of Dogs, that
School’s “fast for Gaza” challenged as illegal
An East London School that is planning to hold a “collective fast” for Gaza will be acting illegally, in breach of the Education Act 1996, unless it ensures that the pupils are offered a balanced presentation of opposing views. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has written to Jon Ryder, Principal
Teacher Told Not to Wear Palestinian Flag at Open Day
A teacher who sported a Palestinian Flag at the Open Day of a Cambridge Sixth Form College, has been told that the flag was not appropriate. One of the parents who was touring Hills Road Sixth Form College, along with her daughter, on the College’s Open Day on 6 July,
Teacher at Wimbledon Catholic School suspended on suspicion of supporting Hamas
A teacher at a Catholic Girls’ school in Wimbledon has been suspended, following the revelation that he has apparently expressed support for Hamas on social media. Ronan Preastuin, a religious education teacher at Ursuline High School, has called 7 October a “justified act of resistance”, written that Hamas “committed no
Pearson issues revised History text books following review
Two Pearson Edexcel History textbooks covering the Middle East which were withdrawn last year have been re-issued following a review process undertaken between education publisher Pearson, The Board of Deputies of British Jews and UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). In late 2019, the IGCSE textbook entitled The Middle East: Conflict,
Comedy of Errors in Review of Palestinian Textbooks
A report commissioned by the EU into Palestinian textbooks reviewed Israeli textbooks by mistake. The report gives a ringing endorsement of the Israeli textbooks used in Arab schools in Jerusalem. However, it completely failed in its objective, which was to review the Palestinian textbooks and assess the claims that they
CGP Geography revises Israel coverage
Educational publisher CGP has revised its Geography Key Stage Three Revision and Practice Book, which will be available from July 2020. This follows a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) in January this year concerning its coverage of Israel. CGP has now amended the map in Middle East section
Hodder withdraws Middle East GCSE History Textbook
The publisher Hodder Education is removing its GCSE History for Edexcel ‘Conflict in the Middle East 1945-95’ textbook from sale, following a critique of the book submitted to them by UK Lawyers for Israel. Hodder has confirmed to UKLFI: “After further consideration, we have decided to remove the book from
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