An Israeli investigation says “Hamal Morim,” or “Teachers’ HQ,” has spent the past two years distributing ready-made lesson plans with nationalist and far-right content to secular state schools, largely outside the Ministry of Education’s oversight. The project operates through a public website and a WhatsApp community that has grown to at least 2,000 teachers in seven or more groups across Israel.
According to the report, the program’s materials are not approved by the ministry and do not appear in its external-program database, yet they are being used in the state education system. The article says the initiative takes advantage of overworked teachers and weak supervision to spread political messages that go far beyond isolated classrooms and could reach tens of thousands of students.
Leah Hoffman of Agud reacts strongly in the piece, calling the existence of the program “disturbing proof” that the state education system has been abandoned. She says it sends “propaganda, extremism and extreme political messages” into classrooms without ministry oversight or parental scrutiny, and describes it as “a planned seizure of consciousness.” She also calls it “a messianic Trojan horse” meant to reshape the next generation.
The Ministry of Education said the program is not part of its curriculum and is not an approved ministry program. In response, Hamal Morim said it is a “civilian educational initiative” promoting Zionism, statism, civic responsibility, Jewish identity and democracy, and insisted all content is public and optional. The group said the article misrepresents its materials, including lessons on Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, family, and democracy, and vowed to keep offering resources to educators.
