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The LA Teachers Union's Opinion on the Middle East Is Not Wanted
(Los Angeles Times) Editorial - What does a teachers bargaining unit in Los Angeles have to do with Israeli policies and actions toward Palestinians? We're still trying to figure that one out and so, apparently, are upset members within United Teachers Los Angeles. The union is in an uproar over a resolution to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The matter will come before UTLA's governing House of Representatives for a vote in September. The House should reject the measure. The world is hardly waiting to hear what a California teachers union thinks of the matter. Meanwhile, the Forward Jewish news site reports that hundreds of UTLA members have mounted a campaign against the BDS resolution, and many are threatening to quit the union - in a metropolitan area with the second-biggest Jewish population in the U.S. Many Jewish parents and students see BDS support as inherently anti-Semitic, even though it's directed at Israel, not the Jewish people. Support for BDS wouldn't accomplish a thing. The union would be better off keeping its nose out of Middle Eastern affairs that don't affect its members or the schools, and in which it has no expertise.