Double standard for anti-Israel teachers, parent leaders, critics argue - "Anti-Israel teachers in NYC public schools get away with unchecked antisemitism while critics of Palestinians are immediately reprimanded, critics charge. James Parra, a paraprofessional at Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School in Williamsburg, shared a photo of himself on Instagram — apparently inside the school — wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf. He wrote, “It’s a good time to remind y’all that Palestine will be free from the river to the sea within our lifetime.” “That alone for us is a direct call for a genocide,” said Shy Galor, a Jewish and Israeli mother in Brooklyn’s District 14... history teacher Robert Rossicone, who was removed from PS 104 in Bay Ridge over posts on his soccer club’s Instagram page calling Hamas fighters “animals,” according to the NYC Public Schools Alliance, a group formed by educators to fight antisemitism... Other educators slammed for divisive speech appear to still have their positions, including Mohammad Jehad Ahmad, a math teacher at Gotham Tech High School in Queens who called the Hamas attacks a “successful military campaign,” and Siriana Abboud, a pre-K teacher at PS 59 in Midtown who touted pro-Palestinian lessons for tots on her Instagram accounts... CEC 14, which ejected Jewish parents and critics from its online monthly meeting in November, did so again in December, blocking Citywide Council on High Schools representative Rachel Fremmer from joining. The board did not respond to a request for comment. The New York branch of the ACLU wrote a letter to schools Chancellor David Banks this week defending students voicing pro-Palestinian beliefs, stating that there may have been “possible mistreatment and lack of protections” for them in school."
If you call a Muslim a pig, that's Islamophobia. If you call a "Zionist" (i.e. a Jew) a pig, that's "resistance"
You're not allowed to denounce terrorists when the left approves of them (it's not even criticising Palestinians, but Hamas), but you need to glorify them. If you denounce calls for genocide, that violates freedom of speech, because speech the left disapproves of is violence but violence the left approves of is speech
Thread by @afalkhatib on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "I just listened to a live Twitter discussion in Arabic hosted by multiple Palestinian dissidents & activists, many from #Gaza, titled: "Gazan perspectives trample the opinions of Twitter Mujahideen." They tore into #Hamas & offered opinions on the war in Gaza. Key points:
Psychopathic factions within Hamas, led by Sinwar & al-Deif, launched the Oct. 7 attack thinking that Iran, Shia militias & Hezbollah would launch a full-on regional war against Israel/its allies. Instead, the group was left to fend for itself; its backers gave faint support. Hamas's political leadership who are primarily outside of Gaza were not informed about the impending attack, partly due to internal competition for power, leaving the group scrambling to put out coherent & unified messages to justify Oct. 7 & articulate a desired endgame. Ironically, Hamas politburo now supports arrangements that are identically similar to what Arafat/the PA/PLO had on the table 30 years ago, namely a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with Hamas de facto recognizing that such a state would live next to a Jewish Israel. This begs a damning question that so many are asking: what's the point of Hamas's violence & wars over the past decades, particularly the past 17 years in Gaza? All the death & destruction have brought the Palestinians absolutely no gains, achievements, or tangible results. Instead of being a viable component of the Palestinian national project, Hamas made the worst possible strategic decision, which was to align itself with murderous sectarian backers such as Iran, Syria's Assad & Hezbollah, in addition to nefarious Muslim Brotherhood partners. Most detrimentally to the Palestinian cause, Hamas gave Qatar & in recent years, Turkey, undue access to key files/issues, harming Gaza, undermining Palestinian unity, empowering narrow political ends, & bolstering expansionist Islamist aspirations of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas's armed resistance is aimless, useless, meaningless & politically directionless; the group uses slick propaganda to sell illusions & "resistance porn" to its people & hide its failures and role in the annihilation of Gaza through its miscalculations & poor decisions. Had Hamas known the extent of the damage that would befall its people, it likely would not have launched the Oct. 7 attack. Yet the group is still responsible for extricating its people from the war by releasing Israeli hostages, its leaders leaving Gaza, or even disarming. Despite all of its corruption, incompetence & impotence, the Palestinian Authority has largely been a net positive for its people, and without it, the Palestinian national project would disintegrate. The PA was right to prevent the West Bank from being engulfed in violence. As for "Twitter Mujahideen" & Hamas enthusiasts who are ill-informed, misguided, ignorant, lack detailed info/understanding, & mindlessly cheer on armed resistance, they can't register that the group's actions led to needless loss of life & land; the opposite of liberation. It is easy for Hamas & "resistance" enthusiasts or "Twitter Mujahideen" in the West Bank, the Arab/Muslim world, & Western countries to overlook the dubiousness, ruthlessness, & violence of Hamas towards its own people in Gaza & how it has served extremist Israeli interests. "Twitter Mujahideen" haven't experienced life under Hamas & the associated death, horrendous quality of life, & social/religious/political repression. So many leftists/pro-Palestine advocates are choosing to ignore loud/documented Gazan voices that oppose useless resistance. Hamas has brainwashed a whole generation of Palestinians into believing empty resistance slogans & rhetoric while members/leaders of the group have enriched themselves, weakened their people's cause, served despicable regional players, & brought repeated disasters onto Gaza. The unfolding disastrous war will forever change Gaza's societal & political landscape, which is scarred by destruction & 70,000 dead/wounded/missing people. Gazans will forever blame Hamas, which must be held accountable & can never be allowed to gamble with its people. Another Hamas lie to justify why it attacked on Oct. 7 is its claim that the assault was preemptive because Israel was going to strike Gaza, a complete falsehood & fabrication; Before the attack, Gaza was demonstrably a low priority for Israel vis-a-vis the West Bank & Iran. The aforementioned are the perspectives of real Gazans, communicated in Arabic, many of whom were jailed by Hamas & have lost numerous family members in the current war. Please consider what they're saying. They include @/aimanalaloul; ustafa_ad; SeifElnajjar; gareeb_azzam"
None of this matters when you just hate Jews
Visegrád 24 on X - "Anti-Israel protesters harass a Jewish couple in New York City by chanting: “Long live Hamas, long live Hamas” Via @ScooterCasterNY"
Weird. We keep being told that no one supports Hamas
Oli London on X - "At least 30 of the female hostages that were released from Hamas captivity were sexually assaulted and raped. The girls and women aged 12 to 48 were assessed by doctors upon their release, with 3 doctors now anonymously sharing new details of their traumas. One doctor who treated the women said they “came to us as patients with the trauma of those who witnessed very severe sexual assaults.” The doctor did not want to elaborate on the specific nature of the assaults out of concern for survivors. The doctor said that people who have been sexually abused typically have a suicide rate four times higher than someone who has not been sexually abused They were all given pregnancy tests and tested for STIs. While there was widespread rape during the Oct 7th attack, specifically at the Nova music festival- five volunteers and first responders who collected and helped identify the bodies of those killed during the attacks on Oct. 7 said they observed multiple signs of obvious and incontestable sexual assault. This included women naked from the waist down, with their legs splayed or underwear torn. Source: USA Today"
Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 on X - "Iran, which is arguably the worst human rights abuser in the Middle East, was appointed by the president of the UN Human Rights Council to be the Chair of the UN Human Rights Council Social Forum. In case you were confused at the UN’s pro-Hamas position, that is."
Opinion | Montgomery schools followed policy on suspending teachers - The Washington Post - "The Dec. 21 Metro article “Rally calls for suspended teachers to be reinstated” quoted people who claimed that teachers were suspended from Montgomery County Public Schools for pro-Palestinian views and that they were deprived of their rights during the investigation. The suspensions were a result of a clear violation of MCPS’s social media conduct policy. The educators are on leave with pay, adhering to the guidelines set by the teachers union. These educators did not just post “pro-Palestinian views”; they posted content that was blatantly antisemitic. For instance, one teacher propagated the falsehoods that the Hamas massacre at the music festival was a hoax and that Palestinians’ organs were sold by Israelis. Another teacher signed her work emails using the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a thinly veiled call for the eradication of Israel and death to all Jews."
Protesters : australian - "War in Sudan - no protests. War in Ukraine - no protests. War in Afghanistan - no protests. War in Central African Republic - no protests. War in Ethiopia - no protests. War in Libya - no protests. War in Mali - no protests. War in Somalia - no protests. War in South Sudan - no protests. War in Syria - no protests. War in Burkina Faso - no protests. War in Nigeria - no protests. War in Benin - no protests. War in Togo - no protests. War in Algeria - no protests. War in Tunisia - no protests. War in Chad - no protests. War in Yemen - no protests.
1,200 people massacred in Israel on Oct. 7 - no protests. There was street celebrations though!
Israel defends itself from terror attacks - massive protests.
Most wars since the end of the cold wars have taken place in Muslim countries, the majority both within and between muslim countries. Genocides, political killings of civilians, government political terror have and are happening in these countries. These are facts.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
If it was Egypt bombing Gaza, no one will bat an eyelid and we can all enjoy our Christmas in peace."
Bylaw tickets issued again during pro-Palestine rally in Ottawa - "More bylaw infraction tickets were handed out to pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in downtown Ottawa for the 12th consecutive weekend. The City of Ottawa said nine noise-violation tickets were handed out to protesters as hundreds marched down Elgin Street, through the Rideau Centre and into the ByWard Market repeating their call for a ceasefire in the conflict in Gaza and saying they wouldn’t stop until Palestine was free. Among those receiving tickets on Saturday was Ottawa Centre NDP MPP Joel Harden, who received a $490 ticket after speaking through a megaphone at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights monument on Elgin Street. Speaking to the crowd, Harden said that Palestinian protesters “have the right to scream,” and that “silencing Palestinian solidarity when genocide is happening is wrong.”... Rally organizers have called the tickets a “clear attempt to suppress pro-Palestinian organizing and support.” Ottawa’s noise bylaw says “no person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used any sound reproduction device on any highway or other public place.”"
Many of the people who claimed the Freedom Convoy was terrorism because of honking and cheered their bank accounts being frozen now claim this is suppressing freedom of speech / freedom of expression
12 full weekends is actually longer than the Freedom Convoy was in Ottawa
Politician who decried convoy complains about pro-Palestine protesters getting ticketed - "Joel Harden, a socialist member of Ontario’s legislature, was ticketed for using a megaphone at a rally and is now highlighting the need to protect “core civil liberties.”... Many were quick to call out the socialist MPP’s hypocrisy, given that he had been a staunch opponent of the Freedom Convoy. Harden referred to the convoy as an “occupation” and suggested it had antisemitic elements. “We have seen antisemitic and white nationalist flags being flown around town,” said Harden in a Feb. 2022 letter denouncing the convoy. Carleton Progressive Conservative MPP Goldie Ghamari took to X (formerly Twitter) to ask Harden “why the double standard? Does the law not apply equally to everyone?”... Ghamari’s colleague, Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod, also criticized Harden... “That ticket was probably for his own protection. Megaphones have been known to instigate unprovoked assaults against MPP Joel Harden in the past,” said another. This was in reference to Harden appearing to injure himself with his megaphone while counter protesting parents opposed to gender ideology in June 2023. Harden was not the only prominent anti-convoy figure to oppose the handing out of noise fines to pro-Palestine protesters. Ottawa lawyer Paul Champ, who helped obtain an injunction against honking during the convoy and who is now involved in a 300 million dollar lawsuit against the convoy’s organizers, said the ticketing of pro-Palestinian protesters is “unacceptable” and an “affront to our deepest and most important democratic values: the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.”... Champ said if the convoy had lasted three hours instead of three weeks, it would have been reasonable. “But of course, that’s not what they did,” he said. University of Ottawa law and epidemiology professor Amir Attaran and Horizon Ottawa director Sam Hersh, who both vehemently opposed the convoy, also criticized the fining of pro-Palestinian protesters."
Swastikas appearing at pro-Palestinian rallies doesn't mean anything, of course, since the left approve of them
University of Minnesota professor who denied Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7 a candidate for school’s top DEI job - "A University of Minnesota professor who denied Hamas terrorists committed rape and sexual violence against Israeli women on Oct. 7 is being considered for a top administrative position in the college’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) department. Sima Shakhsari is an associate professor in the department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, and has been seen on campus attending pro-Palestinian rallies chanting “Globalize the Intifada.” Shakhsari, who uses they/he/she pronouns, also has a long history of aligning with radical groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Shakhsari’s denial that Israeli women were raped by Hamas came during the professor’s testimony last Thursday to the university review panel, part of the application process in being considered for the associate dean of the DEI office in the College of Liberal Arts position. “I cannot be silenced in the face of this genocide, and I’m not gonna argue whether it’s a genocide or not,” Shakhsari said in a one-hour speech, which almost entirely focused on Israel and Gaza. In the speech, she volunteered she hadn’t seen any evidence of Hamas’ sexual violence against Israelis — which has been well-documented by testimony from victims, video footage and forensic evidence. “Of course, any person who has been raped, I am a rape crisis counselor, I believe the survivors. I am yet to see Israeli rape survivors of Hamas come and speak,” Shakhsari said. Shakhsari went on to say that it’s racist to say that Hamas committed rape. “Part of our work and part of my experience… was how men of color in the U.S. have been demonized and have been falsely accused of rape. Exactly because of racism. We know the history of lynching, of black man, lynching, of indigenous man lynching Latinos in this country… because of accusations and they’re kind of violating the innocence of white women, right? And I think that is also this force that is repeated in the context of Israel and Palestine, because Arab men have been demonized and have been marked as monstrous people who are rapists and for violence.” Bruno Chaouat, a professor of French and Jewish studies at University of Minnesota who attended Shakhsari’s job application speech, told Jewish Insider that he “[doesn’t] understand why [Shakhsari’s] talk focused on Gaza. It’s a job for a campus in Minnesota. You’re supposed to talk about how to include people from diverse backgrounds and races, so it seemed completely off topic.”... A professor at the University of Minnesota who specializes in the study of antisemitism within DEI frameworks and requested to remain anonymous said she is “very confused about how Shakhsari was even nominated for this position.” “[Shakhsari] is antagonistic to people she recognizes as Jewish faculty or Jewish students,” the professor said... In a Facebook post in Sep. 2020, Shakhsari cited support of Leila Khaled, a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who participated in the hijacking of planes in 1969 and 1970. Khaled has said that the Second Intifada, during which over 1,000 Israelis were killed, mainly in suicide bombings, failed because it was not violent enough."
Prof who denies Hamas raped Israelis NOT selected for top DEI role - "A video recording of Shakhsari’s remarks before the panel has since been removed from the university’s website... In an automatic email response to Campus Reform’s request for comment, Shakhsari wrote that she stands “with the people of Palestine in their struggle for freedom and justice” and condemns “the Israeli state’s settler colonial violence and genocide in Gaza.”"
Thread by @Aizenberg55 on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "🧵FAKE HAMAS CASUALTY UPDATE: Latest Hamas fatality count of ~20,000 claims at least 14,200 are women & children. If one accepts these numbers it means IDF has only killed ~840 Hamas versus latest IDF estimate of 8,000. Here is detailed analysis which shows Hamas is lying... With 20,000 killed reported by Hamas, statistically, deaths of children women & men should roughly match population proportion of each group in Gaza. Particularly if claiming “indiscriminate bombing.” Chart below shows how many civilian men fatalities there should be: ~4,960. Since Hamas is claiming 14,200 women & children killed, and civilian men killed should be ~4,960 based on proportion of civilian men in Gaza, this means what is left is only be about 840 combatants killed by IDF. The comment pasted below summarizes the conclusion. Here are some of the male “civilians” of Hamas, caught on camera here planting an explosive device in a 1:31 minute video. Not a single Hamas member wears a uniform and it is certain Hamas counts them all as “civilian” while inflating women & children killed. Hamas has inflated civilian deaths to absurd levels (even one is tragic but ALL for the account of Hamas). By not claiming any combatant deaths & not showing men killed separately, it takes statistical analysis to see through the lies. Why is media not doing basic analysis?"
Clearly footage from Hamas cameras is faked by the Zionists to spread lies
Dr. Eli David on X - "🚨 Breaking: “Tunnel shafts and weapons found in every @UNRWA 🇺🇳 school searched so far in Gaza” – IDF"
@amuse on X - "What did the UN know and when did they know it? All funding to the UN should be suspended until we can determine just how complicit the UN is in the attack on Israel."
Meme - Big Guy @bigguyforu123 *I stand with Palestine*: "@TaylerUSA keep exposing your location bro. Soon you'll regret your actions. Just like @stclairashley you're both being watched. Careful @ I'll share yours and her exact soon. That's the good thing about free speech. Maybe you want random people showing at your home"
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No surprise that those who support terrorism also threaten other people
Is Canada having its Harvard moment? - "Our firm and others, I wrote, had been asking TMU students whether they had signed the petition in order to avoid hiring those that did, informing them that a false answer would be cause for discharge if discovered. As I noted in the column: “What law firm would want to hire a racist, let alone a student whose name would now feature prominently when it is searched on Google, thereby causing embarrassment to the firm that employs them?” Brand damaging conduct, as I have frequently written, even ostensibly unrelated to the workplace, can be cause for discharge... I have received various Law Society complaints as a result of my columns, likely relying on the precedent set in the case of my client, Jordan Peterson, asking that I be suspended from practice and forced to undergo social media training and remediation. But, unlike the College of Psychologists, the Law Society replied sanely, dismissing these complaints without even asking me to respond. “The Law Society must respect Howard Levitt’s constitutional right to express his views,” it said. “This right is not absolute, but it has been recognized as being entitled to significant deference.” I have no reason to be concerned. But those attending rallies with racist chants and posting anti-Semitic attacks on social media do — and employers are quickly deciding that those are not appropriate members of their workforces"
Richard Hanania on X - "Hamas is demanding *unlimited* aid into Gaza and a ceasefire before it will discuss more hostage releases. The international effort to shield Palestinians from the consequences of their actions has been a disaster. They’re supposed to fight a jihad financed by international aid."
NBC News on X - "LIVE UPDATES: Hamas reportedly rejects a proposed Israeli cease-fire deal that would have secured the release of 40 hostages in exchange for a one-week pause in fighting."
AG on X - "How many of the people who are demanding a ceasefire have expressed any outrage at Hamas today for rejecting one?"
Why would Israel reject a ceasefire? They're monsters!
Dr. Eli David on X - "After rejecting Israel's 🇮🇱 proposal for a temporary ceasefire, today Hamas rejected Egypt's 🇪🇬 proposal for a permanent ceasefire. @antonioguterres, if you want a ceasefire, you should speak to your Hamas friends..."
David Atherton on X - "A group of Muslims intimidate Barclay Primary School teaching staff in Leyton by hanging up Palestinian flags. The @metpoliceuk turn up and fail to arrest them."
Khaled Hassan on X - "In the background, you can hear what we call a "nasheed". A nasheed is a Muslim religious song. This one literally says "the entire world is our homeland". When you hear this, whilst seeing masked men hanging up flags on a BRITISH primary school for little kids, you can't help but feel that someone is on a mission to Islamise Britain. For those not in the UK, primary schools are for kids between the age of 4 and 11. Every cell of my body hates watching this happen here in Britain!!!!"
Protesters and police clash outside DNC headquarters in D.C.
When the left's chickens come home to roost
College presidents debacle over antisemitism hearing meets PR blame game - "The appearance of three elite university presidents on Capitol Hill this month to testify about campus antisemitism was a flamboyant debacle — prompting a national backlash and repercussions that forced at least one resignation and demands for more. In certain circles of Washington and New York, the conversation is turning toward a less visible dimension of the controversy: Who got paid to give advice on one of the most disastrous public relations moments in modern memory? The answer, in part, is that the university leaders were being advised by some of the most prominent legal and communications experts in the field of “crisis communications.” Now, the crisis communicators are in a PR crisis of their own: Rather than communicating, they are hunkering down in the storm. They’ve declined to comment publicly, even as critics say they share culpability for an episode that devastated the reputations of their clients... The presidents had met privately the day before the hearing with the committee chair to get a sense of what to expect. If anything — judging by discursive, equivocating and legalistic answers they gave to whether calling for genocide of Jews would draw punitive measures on their campuses — the expensive preparation may have even contributed to their difficulties... The debacle was so spectacular, so memorable, that it continues to echo in a festival of recriminations around Washington. Those involved are trying to distance themselves from the radioactive mess. Some competitors appear to be trying to boost business off of it. An employee of another big law firm said rivals are trying to find unhappy officials affiliated with the universities to poach them from WilmerHale. Longtime lobbyist Bruce Mehlman, known for his analyses of macro trends in politics and policy, said he plans to include the mess in his year-end takeaways... “I’ve never seen a worse hearing in 30 years of watching Congress really closely,” said Republican lobbyist Sam Geduldig. “Either the Ivy League clients were hopelessly obtuse or WilmerHale’s prep was malpractice, or both.”... Both Harvard and Penn were advised by at least one higher education association to avoid voluntarily testifying given the ongoing Education Department investigations into antisemitism on their campuses, according to a lobbyist familiar with the deliberations... At the antisemitism hearing, the university presidents appeared to tiptoe around offending liberals instead of offending the rest of the political spectrum, said Mehlman, a veteran lobbyist in Washington. It was the crescendo of so-called “woke-lash” that has plagued 2023, he said, a year that included both the Disney-DeSantis fight and the Bud Light backlash."
Wilfred Reilly on X - "Hamas complaining about "war crimes" is less effective than it might be, because Hamas basically IS a war crime - a designated terrorist group, sheltering among a civilian population, that uses rape as a military tactic, etc."
New Jersey Muslim cleric: ‘Oh Allah, punish the infidels. Oh Allah, let us inherit their homes, wealth, and land.’ - "In a December 15, 2023 Friday sermon delivered at the Bayonne Mosque and Community Center in New Jersey and streamed live on the mosque’s YouTube channel, an unnamed preacher said that the people of Gaza are guarding the dignity of the Muslim nation, and he prayed that Allah will grant them victory. He asked Allah to punish the infidels, to allow the Muslims to inherit the homes, lands, and wealth of the infidels, and to take their children and lives as booty."
Clearly he just wants peace
Khaled Hassan on X - "When I read the news about the mass rape of Sudanese women by a Sudanese militia, I never for a moment questioned that it happened. I never for a moment thought "oh well, show me videos if it really happened". Why? Because I am not a sick bastard who wants to watch women suffer, nor do I believe that an entire nation and tens of thousands of people would just lie about their women being raped. But, when it comes to us Jews, all we got is accusations of lying even though HAMAS documented and broadcasted their crimes. The most disheartening thing about this is that the accusations came from educated Westerners here in the UK and across the world. I never thought I would live to see anything even remotely like this. This is industrial-scale hatred. This is what led to the Holocaust. If we didn't fight back, you would have been rounding us up and sending us to concentration camps. This is coming from a guy who before Oct 7th believed that nothing like the Holocaust would ever happen again!"
Meme - "THEY DANCE WHEN THEY SEND THE ROCKETS *women in hijabs carrying assault rifles*... AND CRY WHEN ROCKETS RETURN *women in hijabs crying*"
When you know your tears will be weaponised
Ed Leon Klinger on X - "Hamas terrorists tied up a mother and her 10 year old daughter, doused them in gasoline, and set them on fire. They died in each other’s arms.
• @Harvard students called it ‘resistance’ ✊
• The @UN refused to condemn it 🙊
• @UN_Women refused to acknowledge it at all 🙉
• Hamas supporters on Twitter denied it completely
We see you, you cowards. We see you."
Ed Leon Klinger on X - "“The charred remains of an adult and a child, who were bound together with metal wires in a final, tragic embrace before being set alight. The child was around 10 years old. They were both female” ^ From the head of Israel’s National Center of Forensic Medicine. This is what Hamas barbarians did on October 7th. It’s what they have vowed to do over and over. It’s what organisations like the @UN /@UN_women and journalists like @OwenJones84 /@cenkuygur have repeatedly downplayed or denied. Shame on them. I will continue to call out Hamas atrocities until every hostage is free and every Hamas terrorist has faced justice. I apologise for my graphic and unpleasant tweets - unfollow me if you’d like, I won’t take it personally."
