Top U.S. school
district to 'indoctrinate' teachers against Israel
Attendee: Courses
teach 'Christians and Jews were always better off under Muslim rule'
The Los Angeles Unified School District, the
second-largest school district in America, is co-sponsoring a “professional
development” workshop for K-12 teachers to “Learn about Islam and
the Arab
World” – and the district has apparently partnered with an anti-Israel
group for lessons on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Learning about Islam and the Arab World” is the topic of
a two-part course that began Oct. 14 and will continue Oct. 21. It is
being led by LAUSD teachers Richard Jessel and Rosa Melendez, according to
a posting on the website of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, or FORUSA.
One person, who is Christian, attended the Oct.
14 class and told The Israel Group: “The workshop was nothing
more than lectures proclaiming the virtues of Islam, while following the same
party lines: All negative information about Islam was labeled as lies,
mistranslations, ignorance, prejudice and hoaxes; speakers stated that violent
jihad is non-doctrinal, bulls–t; Christians and Jews were always better off
living under Muslim
rule and anyone who says otherwise is lying.”
According to the agenda for Oct. 21, some of the classes include “Palestine/Israel; Palestine Today: No Way to Treat a Child,” “The Changing Arab World: Overview of Politics, Society, and Refugees” and “Refugees from the Arab World.”
The Israel Group, which first discovered the class
offerings and posted the information on its website, warned: “FORUSA is
connected with and promotes
the boycott movement against Israel (BDS), and aligns itself with Black Lives Matter,
which holds
decidedly anti-Israel platforms, and the Council
on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR was found by a Muslim
Brotherhood-related organization to promote
Hamas financially and politically.”
Jeff Cooper, a part-time adjunct professor of history at
Santa Monica College, is scheduled to teach the “Palestine/Israel” session this
Saturday.
The Israel Group Founder and Executive Director Jack
Saltzberg notes that one student complained about his “radical” views on the website
RateMyProfessors.com, warning: “He has really far out radical
left-wing political views. He hates the USA.”
Even a student who encouraged others to “stick it out in
this class” said of Cooper: “He rants, he gets heated, and he tells you
everything you once knew about history is wrong.”
Cooper offers a 40-page handout titled “Palestine,
Israel, and the Arab-Israel Conflict: A Primer” (Part 1 and Part 2), which
Saltzberg warns, “is nuanced anti-Israel propaganda from beginning to end, with
thousands of inaccuracies, distortions, factual lies, and insidious
misrepresentations.”
Saltzberg listed the following examples:
·
Cooper never once referred to indigenous Jews as
“Palestinian Jews” when, during the British Mandate, Jews were called
“Palestinian Jews” and Palestinians were referred to as “Palestinian Arabs.”
·
One of the sections in the handout is titled
“The Creation of Palestinian Refugees and Ethnic Cleaning.”
·
Another section with the heading “The June 1967
War” states: “From 1948-1967, Israel’s military and political leadership was
looking for a way to conquer and occupy the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.”
·
Cooper’s handout also discusses the Palestinian-led
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel, or BDS: “Israel regards
all forms of Palestinian opposition to the occupation as threats to its
national security, including non-violent methods like calling for boycotts,
divestment and sanctions.”
·
The handout only uses the word “terrorism” three
times. In one case, it talks about the Palestine Liberation Organization
“renouncing” terrorism. In another reference, Cooper says, “This is why
military occupations [Israel] are the highest form of terrorism.”
At least 200 K-12 teachers in the LA Unified School District have attended the “Arab, Islamic World” workshops since 2005, according to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
“Neither the Workshop web page on FORLA nor
the Registration
Form listed any of the pro-Palestinian courses sessions,”
according to Saltzberg. “Those were only listed in the Class
Agenda given at the Workshop.”
Previously, one presenter in the workshops has been
Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of CAIR. As WND has reported,
CAIR is an Islamic
organization founded in Washington, D.C.,
by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas.
CAIR was designated by the Department of Justice as an
unindicted co-conspirator in a plot to fund Hamas that was tried in
Texas. It also was designated by the Gulf Arab state United
Arab Emirates as a terrorist organization. CAIR has sued a co-author
of a WND Books exposé, “Muslim Mafia: Inside the
Secret Underworld That’s Conspiring to Islamize America,” which
documented the group’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The trial is expected to
take place this fall.
More than a dozen CAIR leaders
have been charged or convicted of terrorism-related crimes.
As for the LA workshop, Saltzberg said he has three
questions concerning the school district’s course offerings:
·
Why is a workshop about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict being presented to LAUSD teachers entirely by an anti-Israel political
activist group?
·
Why was the educational content not
vetted?
·
Why were no pro-Israel historians invited to
present?
Let’s connect the dots:
Israel
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, a parishioner at the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago), and Obamacare
is his signature policy initiative.
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
is awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, the organizer
for the Million Man March, and the acting
head for the Nation of Islam.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Donna S. Morea
was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.,
and a trustee at the Committee for
Economic Development.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the Human Rights Watch, and the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director
emeritus for Refugees International,
a member of the Breakthrough Energy
Coalition, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, and a benefactor for the Human
Rights Watch.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the Human Rights Watch, and Refugees
International.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Committee
for Economic Development.
John
Deasy was a deputy director of education for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a board member for the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education, and
a superintendent for the Los Angeles
Unified School District.
Eric Garcetti is
a board member for the Los Angeles Fund
for Public Education, and the Los
Angeles (CA) mayor.
Roy R. Romer was a
trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development, a superintendent for the Los
Angeles Unified School District, and is a director at the Green Dot Public Schools.
Marlene Canter
is the chair for the Green Dot Public
Schools, and was a Board of Education president for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Joanne
Leedom-Ackerman was a director at the Human
Rights Watch, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and a director at Refugees International.
Frank G. Wisner
is a director emeritus for Refugees
International, and was a U.S. ambassador for Egypt.
Mohamed Morsi
was the president for Egypt, and is the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Gara LaMarche was
an associate director for the Human
Rights Watch, a VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations, and a
director at the White House Project.
Daisy
Khan was a director at the White
House Project, is a developer at Park51,
and an executive director for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Park51
Park51 (originally named
Cordoba House[6]) is to be a 13-story Islamic community center in Lower
Manhattan including a "Muslim community center and a mosque."[7] The
developers hoped to promote an interfaith dialogue within the greater
community.[7] Due to its proposed location two blocks from the World Trade
Center site,[8][9] it was widely and controversially referred to as the
"Ground Zero mosque".
Muslim
Leaders of Tomorrow is the sponsor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Alwaleed
Bin Talal Foundation was a funder for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow, the Islamic Development Bank, and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
US
Islamic World Conference was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is the founder of the Alwaleed
Bin Talal Foundation, a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition,
the benefactor for the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian
Understanding, a Saudi Arabia prince, and was an owner for the Kingdom
5KR.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center
at Georgetown University.
John J. DeGioia
is the president of Georgetown
University, and was a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Roy R. Romer was a
trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development, a superintendent for the Los
Angeles Unified School District, and is a director at the Green Dot Public Schools.
Marlene Canter
is the chair for the Green Dot Public
Schools, and was a Board of Education president for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Donald Trump was an
owner for the Kingdom 5KR, is
the president for the Donald Trump administration, and calls Mar-a-Lago
his "southern White House".
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a member of Mar-a-Lago,
and was a VP for the Committee for
Economic Development.
Roy R. Romer was a
trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development, a superintendent for the Los
Angeles Unified School District, and is a director at the Green Dot Public Schools.
Marlene Canter
is the chair for the Green Dot Public
Schools, and was a Board of Education president for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Marco Petruzzi is
the CEO for the Green Dot Public Schools,
and a director at the Parent Revolution.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Parent Revolution, and the Committee for Economic Development.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Parent Revolution, and the Committee for Economic Development.
John
Deasy was a deputy director of education for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a board member for the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education, and
a superintendent for the Los Angeles
Unified School District.
Eric Garcetti is
a board member for the Los Angeles Fund
for Public Education, and the Los
Angeles (CA) mayor.
Roy R. Romer was a
trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development, a superintendent for the Los
Angeles Unified School District, and is a director at the Green Dot Public Schools.
Marlene Canter
is the chair for the Green Dot Public
Schools, and was a Board of Education president for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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