A recent resolution passed by a United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) chapter has inserted the country’s second largest teacher’s union into an international conflict. On May 20, the chairs of the Harbor City UTLA chapter voted on a resolution expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and condemning Israel for its actions in the latest conflict with Hamas. The resolution will not appear before UTLA’s highest decision-making body until September for a full vote. But until then, groups are speaking out against the move.
“Like many of you, I am worried and concerned about the anti-Israeli resolution planned for a vote in upcoming September by the Los Angeles teacher’s union (UTLA). We at the IAC see this resolution as dangerous and one-sided,” said Dikla Soffer-Ninary, Los Angeles regional director for the Israeli American Council (IAC), in an email to members. “This resolution fails to condemn [the] terrorist organization Hamas and promotes division.”
