Muslim mother Juveriah Alam describes her anguish at the prospect of having to silence her children over Palestine, fearing that strengthened political-impartiality guidance will further suppress their identities and freedom of expression. Her concerns, alongside those of children’s author and refugee-rights activist Onjali Q. Raúf, raise a wider question: is Britain’s attempt to tackle antisemitism and extremism creating a climate in which legitimate criticism of Israel, Palestinian identity and peaceful political dissent are increasingly treated as problems to be managed rather than rights to be protected?