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    Press Advisory New Ad Shows More Examples of Anti-Semitic “Lessons” in Newton High Schools Lesson plans whitewash Hamas, Promote the destruction of the Jewish state as a legitimate solution to the Arab-Israel conflict. Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) has placed a two-page ad in the Jewish Advocate rebuking Boston’s Jewish leaders for assuring parents and tax-payers that there is no problem with anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias in the Newton high school curriculum. The first page of the ad rebuts a controversial undated report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) intended to exonerate the Newton school system from allowing bias against Israel into the classrooms. In the ad, APT charges ADL with making factually false statements and calls on ADL’s donors to demand that they use the organization’s resources to fight anti-Semitism instead of ignoring it. The second ad described two clearly biased anti-Israel lessons used in Newton classrooms. In one case, Newton students are given what they are told is the text of the Hamas founding charter. Yet the text they receive is a whitewashed edit of the Hamas charter, with the parts expressing the terror group’s religiously motivated genocidal hatred of Jews edited out. The Newton version of the Hamas Charter replaces the word “Jews,” whom Hamas identifies as its sworn enemies, with “Zionism.” A Newton teacher’s class notes obtained by APT shed light on why the schools might be using the censored Hamas Charter. The teacher writes: “I would assert this is not inherently a religious conflict. This is a conflict over land.” (Emphasis in the original.) The uncensored Hamas charter directly contradicts this dubious claim. “In defending their curriculum, Newton schools have claimed that they expose students to anti-Israel falsehoods to encourage critical thinking,” said Charles Jacobs, president of Americans for Peace and Tolerance. “But when actual facts contradict the favored narrative, the facts disappear. This is not education or critical thinking. This is propaganda. ” The Newton curriculum also falsely depicts fringe anti-Israel activists as experts. In another lesson noted in the APT ad, Newton students receive an assignment called “Prominent Voices on the One State/Two State Solution.” The exercise claims to expose students to a range of opinions on solutions for the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The “One State Solution” is a code word for the destruction of Israel. The premise of the exercise – that it is legitimate to debate whether the Jewish have a right to self-determination -- is a travesty. Newton would never have its students debate whether any other people deserve to have their state abolished. Yet five out of the nine “prominent voices” presented in this handout support the destruction of the Jewish state. Included among the so-called “Prominent Voices” is John Spritzler, who is described to students as a professor of biostatistics at Harvard. In truth, John Spritzler is a retired researcher at Harvard’s School of Public Health and a Somerville Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist who runs a website full of conspiracy theories claiming that a shadowy cabal of elites have forced the U.S. government to support Israel and carry out the 9/11 attacks in order to “maintain elite control of working people.” Other so-called “prominent voices” in the Newton handout include Ali Abunimah and Virginia Tilley. Both support BDS against Israel and have called for its destruction. “Why are Newton schools legitimizing hatred under the guise of critical thinking?” asked Jacobs. Jacobs said, “Newton school officials are betraying the students and misleading the community. The school committee needs to be held accountable for their incompetence and lack of accountability in these matters.” APT is calling on all concerned individuals to contact the Newton schools and demand that they immediately remove all false and hateful teaching materials, allow public access

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    Press Advisory New Ad Shows More Examples of Anti-Semitic “Lessons” in Newton High Schools Lesson plans whitewash Hamas, Promote the destruction of the Jewish state as a legitimate solution to the Arab-Israel conflict. Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) has placed a two-page ad in the Jewish Advocate rebuking Boston’s Jewish leaders for assuring parents and tax-payers that there is no problem with anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias in the Newton high school curriculum. The first page of the ad rebuts a controversial undated report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) intended to exonerate the Newton school system from allowing bias against Israel into the classrooms. In the ad, APT charges ADL with making factually false statements and calls on ADL’s donors to demand that they use the organization’s resources to fight anti-Semitism instead of ignoring it. The second ad described two clearly biased anti-Israel lessons used in Newton classrooms. In one case, Newton students are given what they are told is the text of the Hamas founding charter. Yet the text they receive is a whitewashed edit of the Hamas charter, with the parts expressing the terror group’s religiously motivated genocidal hatred of Jews edited out. The Newton version of the Hamas Charter replaces the word “Jews,” whom Hamas identifies as its sworn enemies, with “Zionism.” A Newton teacher’s class notes obtained by APT shed light on why the schools might be using the censored Hamas Charter. The teacher writes: “I would assert this is not inherently a religious conflict. This is a conflict over land.” (Emphasis in the original.) The uncensored Hamas charter directly contradicts this dubious claim. “In defending their curriculum, Newton schools have claimed that they expose students to anti-Israel falsehoods to encourage critical thinking,” said Charles Jacobs, president of Americans for Peace and Tolerance. “But when actual facts contradict the favored narrative, the facts disappear. This is not education or critical thinking. This is propaganda. ” The Newton curriculum also falsely depicts fringe anti-Israel activists as experts. In another lesson noted in the APT ad, Newton students receive an assignment called “Prominent Voices on the One State/Two State Solution.” The exercise claims to expose students to a range of opinions on solutions for the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The “One State Solution” is a code word for the destruction of Israel. The premise of the exercise – that it is legitimate to debate whether the Jewish have a right to self-determination -- is a travesty. Newton would never have its students debate whether any other people deserve to have their state abolished. Yet five out of the nine “prominent voices” presented in this handout support the destruction of the Jewish state. Included among the so-called “Prominent Voices” is John Spritzler, who is described to students as a professor of biostatistics at Harvard. In truth, John Spritzler is a retired researcher at Harvard’s School of Public Health and a Somerville Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist who runs a website full of conspiracy theories claiming that a shadowy cabal of elites have forced the U.S. government to support Israel and carry out the 9/11 attacks in order to “maintain elite control of working people.” Other so-called “prominent voices” in the Newton handout include Ali Abunimah and Virginia Tilley. Both support BDS against Israel and have called for its destruction. “Why are Newton schools legitimizing hatred under the guise of critical thinking?” asked Jacobs. Jacobs said, “Newton school officials are betraying the students and misleading the community. The school committee needs to be held accountable for their incompetence and lack of accountability in these matters.” APT is calling on all concerned individuals to contact the Newton schools and demand that they immediately remove all false and hateful teaching materials, allow public access

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    Jewish Advocate Centerfold Ad ADL-Hamas-Spritzler

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    Americans for Peace and Tolerance
    Press Advisory New Ad Shows More Examples of Anti-Semitic “Lessons” in Newton High Schools Lesson plans whitewash Hamas, Promote the destruction of the Jewish state as a legitimate solution to the Arab-Israel conflict. Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) has placed a two-page ad in the Jewish Advocate rebuking Boston’s Jewish leaders for assuring parents and tax-payers that there is no problem with anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias in the Newton high school curriculum. The first page of the ad rebuts a controversial undated report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) intended to exonerate the Newton school system from allowing bias against Israel into the classrooms. In the ad, APT charges ADL with making factually false statements and calls on ADL’s donors to demand that they use the organization’s resources to fight anti-Semitism instead of ignoring it. The second ad described two clearly biased anti-Israel lessons used in Newton classrooms. In one case, Newton students are given what they are told is the text of the Hamas founding charter. Yet the text they receive is a whitewashed edit of the Hamas charter, with the parts expressing the terror group’s religiously motivated genocidal hatred of Jews edited out. The Newton version of the Hamas Charter replaces the word “Jews,” whom Hamas identifies as its sworn enemies, with “Zionism.” A Newton teacher’s class notes obtained by APT shed light on why the schools might be using the censored Hamas Charter. The teacher writes: “I would assert this is not inherently a religious conflict. This is a conflict over land.” (Emphasis in the original.) The uncensored Hamas charter directly contradicts this dubious claim. “In defending their curriculum, Newton schools have claimed that they expose students to anti-Israel falsehoods to encourage critical thinking,” said Charles Jacobs, president of Americans for Peace and Tolerance. “But when actual facts contradict the favored narrative, the facts disappear. This is not education or critical thinking. This is propaganda. ” The Newton curriculum also falsely depicts fringe anti-Israel activists as experts. In another lesson noted in the APT ad, Newton students receive an assignment called “Prominent Voices on the One State/Two State Solution.” The exercise claims to expose students to a range of opinions on solutions for the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The “One State Solution” is a code word for the destruction of Israel. The premise of the exercise – that it is legitimate to debate whether the Jewish have a right to self-determination -- is a travesty. Newton would never have its students debate whether any other people deserve to have their state abolished. Yet five out of the nine “prominent voices” presented in this handout support the destruction of the Jewish state. Included among the so-called “Prominent Voices” is John Spritzler, who is described to students as a professor of biostatistics at Harvard. In truth, John Spritzler is a retired researcher at Harvard’s School of Public Health and a Somerville Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist who runs a website full of conspiracy theories claiming that a shadowy cabal of elites have forced the U.S. government to support Israel and carry out the 9/11 attacks in order to “maintain elite control of working people.” Other so-called “prominent voices” in the Newton handout include Ali Abunimah and Virginia Tilley. Both support BDS against Israel and have called for its destruction. “Why are Newton schools legitimizing hatred under the guise of critical thinking?” asked Jacobs. Jacobs said, “Newton school officials are betraying the students and misleading the community. The school committee needs to be held accountable for their incompetence and lack of accountability in these matters.” APT is calling on all concerned individuals to contact the Newton schools and demand that they immediately remove all false and hateful teaching materials, allow public access

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    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (ADL) ISSUES MISLEADING REPORT THAT MINIMIZES ANTI-ISRAEL TEACHING AT NEWTON SCHOOLS

    JEWISH LEADERS WRONGLY ASSURE PARENTS THAT ALL IS WELL


    ADLs Report contains false claims and justifies Palestinian propaganda. * The ADL claims that Newton schools have not been influenced by Saudi-funded propaganda.

    FALSE
    * The report claims that anti-Israel BDS activist and Harvard professor Paul Beran did not recently train Newton teachers in how to present the Arab-Israel conflict.

    FALSE

    * The ADL justifies the use of Palestinian propaganda maps in the classroom. It claims they were part of a set of maps that contained the Israeli view.

    FALSE

    * The ADL claims radical Islamist writer Sayyid Qutb was not recommended in Newton school texts.

    FALSE

    Find a full analysis of the ADL report at:

    OpenNewtonSchools.org

    OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AN EFFECTIVE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION


    Please call The ADL at:
    Anti-Defamation League New England

    617-406-6300 Or write: adlmedia@adl.org

    Jews and Israel are under assault in the media, on campuses and now in high schools. Demand that ADL use your contributions to ght anti-Semitism.

    Americans For Peace & Tolerance

    OpenNewtonSchools.org info@OpenNewtonSchools.org

    BIASED AND HATEFUL EDUCATION CONTINUES IN NEWTON

    NEWTON HIGH SCHOOLS CONCEAL HAMAS JEW-HATRED


    NEWTON VERSION (ADDED/DELETED)

    The Hamas Charter, which is replete with hatred against Jews as a people and Judaism as a religion, was altered in Newton Schools teaching materials to make Israel seem unreasonable.
    ACTUAL HAMAS CHARTER Our enemy uses the method of collective punishment, robbing people of their land and property. [] The Nazism of Jews has included women and children.

    The Zionist Enemy: Our enemy [Zionism] uses the method of collective punishment, robbing people of their land and property. [] The Nazism of Jews has included women and children.

    Number of times the word Jews appears in the Hamas Charter: Number of times the word Jews appears in Newton Schools version:

    10 0

    Why Would Newton Schools Censor The Genocidal Truth About Hamas?

    NEWTON SCHOOLS TEACH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH STATE AS A VIABLE OPTION
    In Critical Thinking Exercise, Students Debate If Jews Should Have A State
    Students are asked to role-play as supporters of the so-called Prominent Voices on the One State Solution or Two State Solution. Selected Prominent Voices are either rabidly anti-Israel, or left leaning Israelis and American Jews who are severe critics of the Israeli government; some of the most egregious include:
    Ali Abunimah, Propagandist Co-founder of Electronic Intifada, calls for the destruction of the Jewish State, claims that Zionism equals racism. John Spritzler, Somerville BDS activist, 9/11 conspiracy theorist, calls for the destruction of the Jewish state. Virginia Tilley, Professor, calls for the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state, and for an academic boycott of Israel. Edward Said, Literary theorist, apologist for Palestinian terrorism who equated Zionism with racism.

    Why Would Newton Schools Only Question Jewish Self-Determination?

    NEWTON SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE BETRAYING THE STUDENTS AND MISLEADING THE COMMUNITY
    We Demand Transparency, Accountability and an End to Biased Teaching in Newton Schools.
    Remove false and hateful teaching materials. Provide public access to the school curriculum, just as schools in Brookline, Wayland, Framingham, and other towns have done. Investigate how such teaching materials are continuously being inserted into school curricula
    Newton Mayor, Setti D. Warren swarren@newtonma.gov . ........................... School Committee Chair, Matt Hills matt_hills@newton.k12.ma.us. .................... Vice Chair, Margie Ross Decter margie_rossdecter@newton.k12.ma.us....... Superintendent, David Fleischmann david_fleishman@newton.k12.ma.us.......... High School Principal, Jennifer Price jennifer_price@newton.k12.ma.us.............. High School Principal, Joel Stembridge joel_stembridge@newton.k12.ma.us........... 617-796-1000 617-559-6000 617-559-6000 617-559-6000 617-559-6400 617-559-6500

    Americans For Peace & Tolerance

    OpenNewtonSchools.org info@OpenNewtonSchools.org

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