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Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/58939/israeli-teens-came-educate-got-a-lesson-they-didnt-expect
Israeli Teens Get a Lesson in Britain
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) For several years the Friends of Israel Educational Foundation has been bringing young Israelis to the UK, selected with the help of the Israeli Debating Society. This year, teenagers visiting Britain to promote Israel's cause in schools got more than they bargained for at an East London school with a high Muslim population. Yishai Binnes, 18, recalls, "The teacher got more and more heated, at one point screaming at us that we murder children. The kids were shocked by a grown man who was yelling at teenagers." But Ayelet Ekstein, 17, noted, "After the talk, a Muslim girl in a headscarf came up to me and said she had never heard the point of view of the Israeli side to the conflict, and she was glad we came to speak to them." "Most people don't have a negative opinion about Israel. I divide the people in the UK in two: those who don't know anything about the conflict, and those who are pro-Palestinian," she added.