His Senate Berlin banned the use of the traditional today Palestinian headscarf (kefiye) in schools, if the peace of the school is disturbed. According to a circular from the senator responsible for education, Katarina Gunder-Wuns, to all schools in Berlin, “the terrorist attacks of Hamas in Israel are unfortunately also having an impact on the peaceful coexistence in the schools of Berlin. Terrorist violence and violence were propagandically supported in many schools. Any consent to attacks against Israel is a threat to school peace and is prohibited.”
For this, Ms. Guder-Vuns continues, “symbols and expressions of opinion that have not yet reached the threshold of criminal responsibility are prohibited – as long as school peace is disturbed” and she speaks of stickers with inscriptions such as “Free Palestine”. In addition, he notes that the use of cell phones may be temporarily banned throughout the school, if they are used to “spread propaganda support for terrorist attacks”. Phones can only be confiscated and then handed over to the legal guardian.
The education senator also asks teachers to explain to students why they shouldn’t display the particular symbols and to talk to them about their feelings, thoughts and sources of information.
“It’s the right message! Hatred of Jews that has developed in immigrant communities for generations must not be experienced in our schools and continue to be normalized,” Christopher Förster, a Christian Democratic Party (CDU) member of parliament from the Neukeln region, said while welcoming the decision. Berlin, where many Muslims live and in the past few days there have been demonstrations by supporters of Hamas.
Source: News Beast
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