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| New docs reveal Third Grade Anti-Israel event much worse than thought |
| 2015-11-09 |
| [Legal Insurrection] Ithaca (NY) presentation by Bassem Tamimi and Jewish Voice for Peace incited hatred of Israel. 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, including Ariel Gold of the local chapter of the anti-Israel Jewish Voice for Peace. On Sunday night, September 20, Legal Insurrection broke the story, Anti-Israel activism hits elementary school in Ithaca, NY. Because of Tamimi's notoriety for exploiting children in videotaped confrontations with Israeli soldiers, Tamimi's mere appearance in a third grade class raised suspicions about the event. After our report, a firestorm of controversy erupted, with the Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District (ICSD), Dr. Lovell Brown, conducting an investigation, after which he issued a statement that the event was "politically skewed, inflammatory, and not endorsed by the Ithaca City School District." The Superintendent's statement, though, contained few details of his investigation. But now Legal Insurrection exclusively has obtained documents pursuant to a Freedom Of Information Law (FOIL) request that show the event was even worse than we thought. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 I rather like that idea, CrazyFool. Call it "Learn Geography By Doing". Come back next week for our Tibet module where everyone gets to try their hand at yak milking. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-11-09 20:12 |
| #3 I think the school should have a 'Color Red' alarm like they have in Sedrot Israel and have all the 3rd-graders march down into the school basement for a couple of house until the Palieo rockets are done raining down on their classroom. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-11-09 13:56 |
| #2 A presentation on 'human rights' for 3rd graders? A tad young, don't you think? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-11-09 12:22 |
| #1 Well, any normal child knows schools lie---a lot. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-09 02:31 |