In classrooms and schoolyards in recent weeks, the conflict is making itself felt “in very different ways”: “Some students are withdrawing, others want to discuss, others stand out through provocations, some want to see Israel wiped off the map.” These are “huge challenges for schools in our country.”
The The Federal President reported feelings of insecurity or being overwhelmed that teachers had described to him. “How do you respond appropriately when individual students call Hamas a ‘liberation organization’ and condone terrorism? How do you get students out of their social media bubble in which they are trapped in the barrage of hate and violence? “