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Some educators are urging the largest teachers union in the country to rescind its support for President Biden until a "permanent cease-fire" occurs in Gaza.
Opposition toward President Biden is growing in America’s largest labor union in light of his support for the Jewish state.
A rank-and-file campaign inside the National Education Association is demanding the president stop “sending military funding, equipment, and intelligence to Israel.”
Randi Weingarten, with megaphone, marches in a New York City rally, June 27, 2018. (Courtesy Professional Staff Congress/via JTA) JTA — Public school unions in the US are increasingly becoming a hotbed of Israel discourse, with the largest teachers’ union becoming the latest organized body to deliberate measures that censure Israel and support the Palestinian cause. At the National Education Association’s annual meeting held earlier this month (with US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, a longtime educator, in attendance), members planned to debate two items on Israel and th...