Toronto District School Board trustees voted Wednesday to include “anti-Palestinian racism” in their broader strategy to combat discrimination within Canada’s largest public school district.

The vote was carried by a 15-to-7 margin and went ahead despite objections from hundreds of Jewish parents and community members, including Larry Maher, a parent of TDSB students, who said the “adoption of anti-Palestinian racism is going to enable those to weaponize against anyone that practices Judaism and or supports Israel. Regardless of ethnicity or religion.”