Fort Lee High School Teachers Give Twisted Israeli History Presentation

History teachers at Fort Lee High School in New Jersey recently gave an anti-Israel presentation to students that included assertions that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its war against Hamas, claims that Hamas is simply a “resistance movement” rather than a terrorist organization, and characterizations of the anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protest movement as “peaceful” and solely about divestment from Israel.

Before beginning their presentation, teachers Fathia Balgahoom and Stephen Wolowitz confiscated their students’ cell phones and warned the high-school juniors that the slideshow they’d be viewing was biased, offering to allow them to leave if that bias would make them uncomfortable, according to a source familiar with events.

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History teachers at Fort Lee High School in New Jersey recently gave an anti-Israel presentation to students that included assertions that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its war against Hamas, claims that Hamas is simply a “resistance movement” rather than a terrorist organization, and characterizations of the anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protest movement as “peaceful” and solely about divestment from Israel.

Before beginning their presentation, teachers Fathia Balgahoom and Stephen Wolowitz confiscated their students’ cell phones and warned the high-school juniors that the slideshow they’d be viewing was biased, offering to allow them to leave if that bias would make them uncomfortable, according to a source familiar with events.