'Activist teachers' are slammed for attacking Anzac Day and 'indoctrinating' students to hate Australia: 'Deeply disrespectful to the men and women who served'

Furious veterans and education officials have slammed a scheme from 'activist' teachers to 'indoctrinate' students against Anzac Day.

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare on Wednesday denounced plans shared on the group Teachers and School Staff for ­Palestine to 'dismantle' 'Anzac Day myth making ceremonies'.

Anzac Day, April 25, marks the 1915 landing of Australian and New Zealand soldiers in Gallipoli and serves as a national day of remembrance and reflection for both nation's military veterans.

However, the Teachers and School Staff for ­Palestine distributed a 40-page 'teaching resource' for pro-Palestinian educators to 'dismantle' the Anzac legacy and link alleged killings by Anzac troops in World War I to the current Israeli-Gaza war.

'In the lead up to the glorification of war of Anzac Day, this is useful resource … describing the Anzac massacre of a Palestinian village, that never gets talked about at school Anzac Day myth making ceremonies,' it stated.

'In the midst of a new genocide, that we are not allowed to talk about in schools, Anzac Day tries to cement forgetting. We insist on remembering.'

Mr Clare accused the group of 'attacking our Anzac legacy'.

'It disrespects those that have fought and died in our name,' he said, The Australian reported. 

Opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson also condemned the group and said educators should not be 'indoctrinating' students.

'The attempts to link the sacrifice of our Anzacs to this sort of activism is not only misguided but deeply disrespectful to the men and women who served our country,' she said. 

'Our classrooms should be places of objective learning, not ­indoctrination. It is not the role of educators to push political ­agendas or promote divisive ideologies.'

RSL Victoria president Dr Robert Webster similarly criticised planned student demonstrations across Melbourne.

One group of students will camp out in front of the University of Melbourne Parkville campus on Thursday to demand the institute 'cut all weapons ties'. 

Several other pro-Palestine protests are planned throughout the CBD. 

The Unimelb for Palestine group wrote online: 'Support the encampment, Anzac Day our way. Solidarity with Gaza'. 

'They're choosing to disrespect the veterans of this country who treat tomorrow as our national day. It's going to upset veterans if their day is interrupted,' Dr Webster told the Herald Sun.

Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia Victoria president Bob Elworthy also called for Anzac Day to be 'left alone'. 

'Anzac Day is not about glorifying war, we're paying respect to those who put themselves in harm's way so that people can protest,' he said. 

War veteran Lucas Moon asked the protesters to choose a 'better day' to hold their demonstrations.  

'These protesters forget the reason they can express their opinion and express their views is because of the men and women, who have defended their freedom,' he said.

Victoria Police are aware of the planned demonstrations and will boost patrols throughout the CBD to ensure smooth sailing for Anzac Day events. 

In its 'resources for challenging Anzac Day', Teachers and School Staff for ­Palestine refers to accounts from the Anzac vigilante attack on the Arab village of Sarafand al-Amar, also known as Surafend, in World War I.

The attack is not mentioned on the Australian War Memorial website, but does appear on the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage history website. 

'Relations ­between the Anzac Mounted Division and Palestinian Arabs reached a new low early on 10 Dec­ember 1918, when Trooper Leslie Lowry was shot dead after disturbing a thief in his tent,' it states.

'That night a large group of New Zealanders and Australians exacted vigilante justice, burning the nearby Arab village of Sarafand al-Amar to the ground and killing around 40 of its male inhabitants.'

A spokesperson from Teachers and School Staff for ­Palestine told the Herald the group is 'not planning any actions to disrupt services'. 

'We are participating in an anti-war picnic and supporting an anti-war protest,' they said.

Opposition veterans' affairs spokesman Barnaby Joyce blamed the 'rise of anti-Anzac sentiment' on the Albanese Government, particularly its choice to make the Anzac Day public holiday ­optional for some 350,000 public servants.

'If you live in this nation and benefit from the freedoms of this nation, then you better respect the people who fought and died, and those who were maimed, and their families who got turned upside down to give today's generation the right to live life with all of our freedoms and liberties,' he said.