I've just been reading the government's proposals to "combat antisemitism" in British schools, and my initial impression is that this is an outrageous attempt to effectively Zionise our education system and eradicate sympathy for Palestine amongst pupils, all dressed up as a campaign against antisemitism. Pupils can see with their own eyes, on their phones every single day, the genocide unfolding in Palestine. Yet these proposals appear to be an attempt to instruct teachers to persuade children to turn a blind eye to what they are witnessing, to look the other way and suppress their natural sense of moral outrage. Once again, the government has embraced the agenda of the pro-Israel lobby, allowing its priorities to shape education policy under the guise of combating prejudice. There must be serious scrutiny of these proposals and robust pushback from teachers' unions, individual teachers and pupils. I have no issue with combating genuine antisemitism, but it must never become a pretext for silencing legitimate criticism of Israel or suppressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.