In response to the news of disciplinary action being taken against two grade nine learners who took a knee during the playing of the Israeli national anthem, a group of Herzlia alumni penned a two-page letter condemning the school's actions and expressing support for the learners. The letter was signed by over 100 Herzlia alumni, including "five former head or deputy-head boys or girls".
In the letter, titled "Herzlia Alumni Support Freedom of Thought and Peaceful Expression of Dissent", the alumni write that they "condemn in the strongest terms the school's recent decision to discipline and publicly call to order students for peacefully protesting against Israeli political policy".
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