Posted on 11/22/2016 11:19:56 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
On Friday morning, September 18, 2015, the third grade classes at the Beverly J. Martin School in Ithaca, NY, heard a presentation on human rights by Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi and local anti-Israel activists, led by Ariel Gold.
In fact,...the Tamimi event was an anti-Israel propaganda event targeting young children, and as we just learned, caused at least one student to suffer nightmares....
Initially, the principal of the elementary school, Susan Eschbach, also attempted to downplay the significance of the Tamimi event. In a September 22, 2015, statement to the school community Eschbach denied there was anything improper...
The statement from Eschbach to the community was rebutted, in substance, when Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District (ICSD), Dr. Luvelle Brown, later released a statement denouncing the event, Superintendent: Third Grade event politically skewed, inflammatory against Israel...both the activists and the teacher leading the discussion skewed the conversation against Israel to the extent that one or more students were incited to express hatred of Israel....
Contrary to the rosy and positive view of the event presented by Gold and Eschbach, it turns out that a parent had complained to the school that his child was suffering from nightmares as a result of the Tamimi Event....
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
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This decade’s antisemitism is just as malignant as the antisemitism of 7-8 decades ago. I hope we can crush this evil without a global war, although my optimism on a peaceful solution is fading. Either way, this bigotry must not be allowed to spread or to harm the innocent.
Silly lady. There would have been no repercussions if she just stuck to anti Catholic, anti Trump vitriol.
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Nightares aside, I don't see this as a necessary topic for third graders.
Nope
Why isn’t that teacher fired? This is a very severe abuse of their position. They have probably been saying antisemitic/antiIsrael stuff all along. And, the third grade is far too young to have a discussion of this kind.
That’s a man, baby!
Another snowflake.
We rightly make light of the hysterical reaction of students over Trump’s win... to be fair an election at least has real consequences unlike a “school discussion”.
Just another oppurtunity for lawyers to busy themselves.
Political activism at an elementary school is improper in any case, though.
At eight? Wow. You're tough, buddy.
We made fun here of young children and their parents begging Trump to please “be kind and nice”.
And indeed... I think 8 years old can digest horrible information about wars/historical events etc. without ‘nighmares’ and without making this part of a lawsuit.
I did at that age... millions before and after me do so, too.
I just think that angle shouldn’t be the focus. Political activism in front of third graders is inappropriate... that should be the issue.
They brought in a Palestinian to lecture third-graders???
Fire them all.
Sorry. I don’t think 8 is old enough to be abused with this anti-Semitism. While in grade school, I had nightmares about things I saw in movies which I knew weren’t real. The people lecturing these grade school kids were very real.
I’ll say it. That lady (and most liberal women) looks like a dude.
Were the kids fitted for a vest as well?
The only Palestinian I can remember in my youth was Sirhan Sirhan (1968) when he gunned down what would have been the nest President of the US, Bobby Kennedy.
Today’s LEFT would give him a metal just for being Palestinian.
Every liberal is a totalitarian thug.
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