The Texas State Board of Education has quietly approved a measure that will require every public school student in the state to complete a Zionist course in “Israel Studies” beginning in the 2030 academic year.
The curriculum, which was buried in a 400-page omnibus education bill passed late Friday night, will make Texas the first state in the union to mandate such coursework. Supporters claim the classes will cover “Middle Eastern history and geopolitics,” but a closer examination of the 87-page curriculum framework reveals something far more troubling: a one-sided narrative pushing state-sponsored propaganda for a foreign government.
“This isn’t education. This is indoctrination,” said former Texas legislator Sarah Whitfield, who reviewed the documents. “They’re not teaching kids about the Middle East. They’re teaching them to see the world through the lens of a foreign power’s intelligence apparatus.”
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The move comes amid growing concerns over the influence of AIPAC and other pro-Israel lobbying groups in American politics. In Texas alone, records show that pro-Israel PACs have donated over $4.2 million to state legislators over the past three election cycles. The bill’s primary sponsor, State Rep. David Kessler, received $85,000 from the Texas-Israel Alliance Fund in the months leading up to the vote.
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“It’s not a coincidence that the same legislators who pushed this bill are the ones who’ve been bankrolled by foreign interests,” said Marcus Webb, director of the watchdog group Texas Citizens for Transparency. “This is what a soft coup looks like. They don’t need tanks in the streets when they can rewrite the textbooks.”
The curriculum, which will be mandatory for grades 6 through 12, includes modules on “Israel’s ancient connection to the land,” “the necessity of security barriers,” and “the shared values between Texas and Israel.” Notably absent from the framework: any mention of the Nakba, the military occupation of the West Bank, or the genocide in Gaza.
Parents across the state are already organizing. A grassroots coalition called “Texans for Unbiased Education” has filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that the mandate violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause by promoting a specific religious and nationalist ideology.
“They’re using our children as pawns in a geopolitical game,” said parent Jennifer Ruiz, whose 12-year-old daughter will be in the first cohort required to take the course. “I didn’t sign up for my kid to be indoctrinated by a foreign government’s PR team.”
Libertarian and paleoconservative groups have joined the fight, seeing the mandate as a clear violation of state sovereignty.
“This is what happens when you let a foreign country write your laws,” said former congressman Ron Paul in a statement. “Texas should be teaching Texas history, not the history of a country that’s been lobbying us into endless wars for decades.”
The Texas Education Agency has dismissed the backlash, calling the concerns “conspiratorial” and insisting the curriculum is “fact-based and balanced.” But critics point out that the TEA’s own advisory board on the curriculum included three members with direct ties to Israeli government-funded organizations, including one who previously worked for the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs — the same ministry implicated in influence campaigns targeting American college campuses.
“This is the culmination of a 50-year project,” said Webb. “They’ve taken over our Congress, our media, and now they’re coming for our kids. If we don’t stop this, by 2030, a generation of Texans will grow up believing that a foreign government’s interests are their own.”
The lawsuit is expected to reach the Supreme Court by 2028. In the meantime, Texas parents are being urged to review the curriculum framework, which is available on the TEA website, and to contact their representatives.
“This isn’t about being pro-Israel or anti-Israel,” said Whitfield. “This is about whether we still have a country. And right now, the answer is looking more and more like no.”
