The Israeli Knesset approved on Monday evening a bill that will allow for the dismissal of Palestinian teachers in Israel if they were deemed to be “sympathising with operations or attacks targeting Israel”, the Palestinian news agency Wafa and local Arabic media reported. The bill has gone through its second and third readings, despite criticism from the Arab Education Follow-up Committee (AEFC) which slammed it as an “attempt to promote a culture of fear and suppress free speech and critical education”, according to Wafa. The law would also allow the Minister of Education to withhold the bud…