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Gaza teacher says supervisor threatened her over classroom lessons

A Gaza teacher says a higher-up threatened to cut out her tongue after she challenged coworkers over lessons about Jews and violence. She warns that the lessons could lead to another October 7.

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What happened

Key facts

  • A teacher in Gaza says she was threatened after opposing hatred of Jews in the classroom (per New York Post, americanthinker.com).
  • The teacher says a higher-up threatened to cut out her tongue (per New York Post).
  • The teacher is 40 years old and teaches geography (per New York Post).
  • She says the incident shows the dangers of challenging extremist rhetoric in Gaza classrooms, which she believes has intensified since the war with Israel (per New York Post).
  • The teacher warns that the lessons could lead to another October 7 (per New York Post).
  • The teacher said, “They hate the consequences of October 7. They hate the war that October 7 brought upon them. But they don’t hate October 7 itself,” (per New York Post).

The brief

A Palestinian geography teacher in Gaza says a higher-up threatened to cut out her tongue after she challenged coworkers over lessons she describes as teaching students to hate Jews and embrace violence.

The New York Post reported her account, including the alleged threat and the classroom dispute; the American Thinker headline also says she was threatened for opposing hatred of Jews in a classroom. The teacher is 40 and has worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 15 years, according to the New York Post.

She said the incident showed the dangers of challenging extremist rhetoric in Gaza’s classrooms. She believes that rhetoric has intensified since the war with Israel. The teacher warns that what she calls poisonous lessons could lead to another October 7.

That is her prediction about the possible consequences of the teaching she describes, rather than a reported event that has already occurred. The New York Post’s account does not provide a further explanation of how she expects the lessons to lead to that outcome. She also offered a broader assessment of how many Palestinians view October 7 and the war that followed.

The teacher said many condemn the devastation after October 7 without rejecting the massacre itself. “They hate the consequences of October 7. They hate the war that October 7 brought upon them. But they don’t hate October 7 itself,” she said. Her account centers on a dispute among school coworkers and the threat she says followed her challenge.

It does not identify the higher-up or give that person’s account. The New York Post also presents the teacher’s view that the classroom rhetoric has worsened since the war, while the American Thinker headline characterizes her position as opposition to hatred of Jews in the classroom.

The teacher’s warning links the lessons she describes to the possibility of another October 7, while her comments about the aftermath focus on the distinction she draws between condemning the war’s consequences and condemning the massacre.

The account identifies her as a geography teacher and long-serving UNRWA employee; it does not report any further action arising from the alleged threat.

Why it matters

  • The teacher says the alleged threat came after she challenged coworkers over teaching students to hate Jews and embrace violence, placing the reported dispute within Gaza classrooms.
  • The teacher is 40 and has worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 15 years.
  • Her warning about another October 7 is tied to lessons she describes as promoting hatred and violence.
  • She says many Palestinians condemn the devastation after October 7 without rejecting the massacre itself.

What to watch next

  • Whether the teacher publicly provides further details about the alleged threat from the higher-up.
  • Whether the teacher or the United Nations Relief and Works Agency describes any action following the reported classroom dispute.
  • Whether the teacher elaborates on her warning that the lessons could lead to another October 7.

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Timeline

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  1. The United Nations established UNRWA to assist Palestinian refugees; the agency later operated schools in Gaza.
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  2. During the June 1967 war, Israel captured Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and subsequently occupied those territories.
    Background · from our historical context
  3. The Palestinian Authority began introducing its first national curriculum and textbooks.
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  4. Israel withdrew its settlements and permanent ground forces from inside Gaza.
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  5. Hamas won the Palestinian legislative election.
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  6. Hamas took control of Gaza after clashes with Fatah, while the Palestinian Authority continued to govern parts of the West Bank.
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  7. On October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attackers killed about 1,200 people in Israel and took roughly 250 hostages, according to Israeli figures.
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How we got here

The institutional backdrop to Gaza’s classrooms dates to the 2007 political split between Hamas and Fatah: Hamas took control of Gaza, while the Palestinian Authority continued to govern parts of the West Bank.

Gaza’s education system continued to use Palestinian Authority curricula, administered by local authorities and also taught in schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. The split followed Hamas’s victory in the January 2006 Palestinian legislative election and clashes between the factions in June 2007.

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