US: New Jersey school slammed for 'anti-Palestinian' assignment on activist Mahmoud Khalil

A New Jersey high school is under fire from parents for an assignment that allegedly used misleading and incorrect information about a high-profile Palestinian student activist currently facing deportation.

Educational advocates and parents said the student project was an attempt to manipulate students with false information that did not merely distort the case but also sought to spread dangerous allusions about anti-war protesters demonstrating against Israel's war on Gaza.

In the assignment seen by Middle East Eye, students in the "Introduction to Law" class at the New Brunswick High School were asked to decide whether the US government was warranted in its decision to detain and potentially deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil.

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