The past few years have seen an increase in partisan political attempts to restrict the public education curriculum and to portray some forms of public education as a social harm. Two targets are particularly evident: teaching about the history, policies, and actions of the state of Israel and teaching about the history and perpetuation of racism and other accounts of state-enabled violence in the United States. In both cases, conservative politicians have justified restrictive legislation under the guise of protecting students from harm, including discriminatory treatment or exclusion. The core assertion of the American Association of University Professors' (AAUP's) 2021 "Statement on Legislation Restricting Teaching about Race" applies equally to legislative restrictions on teaching about the history and ongoing actions of Israel. The AAUP therefore urges the defeat of these legislative initiatives and others of their kind in order to protect the academic freedom that is vital to the preservation of democracy. [This statement was prepared by a subcommittee of the Association's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, and approved by Committee A in March 2022.]