EXCLUSIVE Revealed: The Pro-Palestine teachers pushing Gaza agenda to colleagues or their pupils in Britain's schools
The case of Nazia Abassi is just one example unearthed by a Mail investigation that has discovered far-Left teachers proudly claiming to be sharing pro-Palestine materials in their schools.
Others have taken part in hardline campaigns and protests against Israel.
It comes after the National Education Union, Britain's largest teaching union, last week backed a motion accusing Israel of 'apartheid' and vowed to produce school resources that 'raise awareness' of the situation in Palestine.
And NEU members in east London organised a conference last year called How To Talk About Palestine In Our Schools. Our investigation shows:
A maths teacher standing for election to the NEU's governing body declared that he has introduced 'solidarity actions' in west London schools in support of Palestine;
Several teachers have re-posted hard-Left articles on social media, including one from Socialist Worker which justified Hamas's October 7 terror attack, saying: 'The Palestinian people have every right to respond in any way they choose to the violence that the Israeli state metes out to them every day.'
A religious education teacher in south-west London called the Hamas atrocity a 'justified act of resistance' and wrote that Hamas had 'committed no crime'.
Ms Abassi, who is based in Hampshire, has publicly shared videos that push the conspiracy theory that Israel's intelligence agents were responsible for the New York 9/11 attacks and has also been teaching 'affluent' pupils at a private school about 'what Israel is doing to Palestine'.
Ms Abassi – described online as a primary school teacher for more than 20 years – also last year reposted an image of an anti-Semitic mural of Jewish bankers playing Monopoly on the backs of the poor.
There is no evidence to suggest Ms Abassi, who is not a member of the NEU, has campaigned outside school. Last night she declined to comment.
Shadow education spokesman Laura Trott last night called on Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and union bosses to 'root out those behaving in this utterly reprehensible way'.
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel described our revelations as 'shocking', adding: 'Parents should be able to send their children to school without fear that their teachers will be indoctrinating them in Leftist ideologies.'
Guidance was published in 2022 to ensure teachers do not promote 'partisan' views. But education sources say some are determined to spread Pro-Palestine views.
Mat Milovanovic, a maths teacher at Northolt High School in west London, has boasted on an NEU election leaflet that he is 'proud to have built solidarity actions in Ealing schools and on the demonstrations in support of the Palestinians'. In February, he described on Instagram how he ran a workshop 'around Palestinian solidarity in our schools'.
Earlier this month, the PSC posted a video of Sajia Iqbal (pictured), the NEU's former president in Redbridge and a teacher at Beale High School, clearing the shelves of a Sainsbury's store of Israeli food as part of the PSC's 'Don't Buy Apartheid' campaign
Mr Milovanovic, who spoke at last year's NEU conference wearing a Palestinian shawl, or keffiyeh, declined to tell the Mail what 'solidarity actions' he has organised in schools. The NEU said his 'solidarity work' is with other teachers and not children.
In Norwich, Andrea Abeyesinghe, 50, juggles her job as a science teacher at Northgate High School with chairing Norfolk's branch of the far-Left Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
In January, she organised a protest against three Israeli competitors taking part in the World Indoor Bowls Championships, being held near Great Yarmouth.
Ms Abeyesinghe insisted she does not push her political views in the classroom, adding: 'That's not part of our role as teachers.'
Earlier this month, the PSC posted a video of Sajia Iqbal, the NEU's former president in Redbridge and a teacher at Beale High School, clearing the shelves of a Sainsbury's store of Israeli food as part of the PSC's 'Don't Buy Apartheid' campaign. She declined to comment last night.
Alex Hearn of Labour Against Anti-Semitism, said: 'Increasingly the NEU appears to be dedicating itself to an extremist anti-Israeli ideology. They now appear to be directly encouraging members to break the law by encouraging teachers to adopt partisan political positions.'
Lawyers for Israel said: 'Government policy is for there to be no political indoctrination in schools. The NEU is trying to persuade teachers to breach these laws.'
The NEU said: 'Teachers know the responsibility they have towards the students and the need for calm, balanced and informed information to be given.'
The Department for Education said: 'Children deserve to feel safe in school.'
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