French Teacher Suspended over Minute's Silence Tribute to Palestinians in Gaza

French teacher suspended over minute's silence tribute to Palestinians in Gaza

High school educator accused of breaching 'neutrality' by commemorating victims of Israel's war

Several weeks ago, a physics-chemistry teacher was suspended from a high school in Yonne. Yonne wanted to organize a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of Gaza, outside of the city...

The educational authorities, in the French city of Cinci, suspended a teacher for almost two months, after having observed a minute of silence on the victims of Gaza in her classroom, on the charge that she "did not respect the principle of impartiality." The education authorities told a journalist

The teacher was suspended, the rectorate alleging a breach of the obligation to respect neutrality. The unions are indignant at a "unwise" measure.

The rectorate of Dijon justifies its sanction by "a breach of the obligation to respect neutrality".

Three unions consider this measure "unconscious", especially since the minister said in February that teachers have "the educational freedom to address the fate of the victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (...) to pay tribute to them"