Stop Palestine solidarity events in schools, says parents group

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PETALING JAYA: The government has been urged to stop holding Palestine solidarity programmes in schools following reports of students and teachers carrying toy guns at the events.

Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) chairman Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim said there were concerns over the appropriateness of such programmes in schools.

She said the photos and videos of children carrying guns were an example of what could go wrong with such events.

One 55-second video that went viral showed what appeared to be a man pointing a toy rifle at students while leading a group of teachers waving Palestinian flags into an assembly.

There were also photos of children at a separate school wearing bandanas bearing the words “Save Palestine” and carrying toy guns.

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Our school compound must not be the place to groom Jihadists to fight the Palestinian war

EVEN before the Solidarity Week with Palestine officially kick off this Sunday (Oct 29), some schools have already gone wild over the celebration which included among others, the use of ‘weapons’ by young children similar to what their Palestinian peers are groomed to do.

Clad in balaclava masks, some young children were caught on photographs holding toy AK47 rifles and ‘marching’ around ala-militants in the school compound.

Such initiatives had some parents worried about whatever is happening to the schools. One parent asked, “Are we now becoming a Taliban nation? Any idea how to stop this nonsense that schools are used to express solidarity with Palestinians?”

Amid such ‘craze’ which is to be expected as many adult Malaysians are already spiritually ‘up in arms’ in the Israel-Hamas conflict, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has issued a statement saying that some schools had already gone ahead with the solidarity celebration.

“The Education Ministry will not compromise on what has happened,” she is quoted saying to her fellow Cabinet ministers.

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