General Union of Palestinian Teachers comes out in support of our divestment resolution!

Open letter to the American Federation of Teachers: Divest from Israel Bonds

We write as the General Union of Palestinian Teachers to express our gratitude to the local sections of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) that have passed motions calling on AFT to divest its State of Israel bonds. We urge the AFT membership to support this measure to ensure that teachers in the US are not funding what the International Court of Justice has decided is a plausible genocide committed by Israel against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, including many of our members and their students, and its decades-long military occupation and apartheid regime against all Palestinians. It is needed now more than ever.

Read the full letter here: https://www.facebook.com/100069724276746/posts/784921147175354/?mibextid=WC7FNe&rdid=zBz3tLGSglY3fdz7