To anyone who has been paying attention, a recent presentation by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation on “Anti-Palestinian Racism” which “parrots Hamas” should not be a surprise in the least. TheJ.Ca reports:
“If that set of slides becomes taught in Canadian schools, Jews here would be well advised to find another country.”
That was one reaction to viewing what was presented as historical facts to the Toronto local of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) in District 12 on Feb. 17. A professional development day was held on the topic of “anti-Palestinian racism: Nakba Denial”.
An ongoing problem in Canada and other Western countries is the collective embrace of the “Islamophobia” subterfuge. All discussions about Islam, Islamic supremacism, jihad threats, Palestinian jihad threats to Israel, Islamic antisemitism, etc. have been mostly shut down or discouraged since they are deemed to be “Islamophobic” speech, even in many conservative circles. Yet as this silence prevails, antisemitism that is coming out of the Palestinian territories and supported by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (and the UN) only grows. For more on what is going on with “anti-racism” programs in Canada as it relates to antisemitism, see HERE. While it is still acceptable to report about offensive incidents such as the “anti-Palestinian racism” workshop, it isn’t so acceptable to address the deeper underlying subject of the historic Palestinian jihad and Islamic antisemitism. Such topics are virtually ignored, which helps fan the flames of antisemitism and empower the Palestinian jihad against Israel.
As stated in the TheJ.Ca report:
None of the presenters appears to have any expertise on the history of the 1948–1949 conflict.
Many of those who organize such events fully understand the history of the conflict, while many of the presenters themselves may have bought into Palestinian propaganda. The root cause of the antisemitism that is expressed in anti-Israel propaganda is not a lack of knowledge about history. It is the Islamic imperatives that are expressed in the founding charters of the principal Palestinian groups.
From the Hamas Covenant:
Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it” (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of blessed memory).
“The Islamic world is on fire. Each of us should pour some water, no matter how little, to extinguish whatever one can without waiting for the others.” (Sheikh Amjad al-Zahawi, of blessed memory).
In Article 27:
That is why, with all our appreciation for The Palestinian Liberation Organization – and what it can develop into – and without belittling its role in the Arab-Israeli conflict, we are unable to exchange the present or future Islamic Palestine with the secular idea. The Islamic nature of Palestine is part of our religion and whoever takes his religion lightly is a loser.
In Article 28:
Israel, Judaism and Jews challenge Islam and the Moslem people. “May the cowards never sleep.”
From the Palestinian National Charter:
Article 19:
The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of the state of Israel are entirely illegal, regardless of the passage of time, because they were contrary to the will of the Palestinian people and to their natural right in their homeland, and inconsistent with the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations; particularly the right to self-determination.
In Article 22:
Zionism is a political movement organically associated with international imperialism and antagonistic to all action for liberation and to progressive movements in the world. It is racist and fanatic in its nature, aggressive, expansionist, and colonial in its aims, and fascist in its methods. Israel is the instrument of the Zionist movement, and geographical base for world imperialism placed strategically in the midst of the Arab homeland to combat the hopes of the Arab nation for liberation, unity, and progress. Israel is a constant source of threat vis-a-vis peace in the Middle East and the whole world. Since the liberation of Palestine will destroy the Zionist and imperialist presence and will contribute to the establishment of peace in the Middle East, the Palestinian people look for the support of all the progressive and peaceful forces and urge them all, irrespective of their affiliations and beliefs, to offer the Palestinian people all aid and support in their just struggle for the liberation of their homeland.
The guiding charters that govern the principal Palestinian organizations indicate a willful, full-on attack of Israel, as an Islamic conquest.
As stated in the TheJ.Ca article:
The Toronto District School Board paid the wages of teachers to learn Hamas talking points about Israel and Jews.
Hamas rhetoric has no place in Canada; however, it is becoming more commonplace in schools. It is entrenched in most campuses, and the level of fanaticism in pro-Palestinian protests in response to Operation Guardian of the Walls was disturbing.
Take, for example, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (formerly CAIR-CAN), a powerful Canadian lobby and offshoot of CAIR. The group is embraced by most politicians in Canada, so a relevant question to pose to those politicians and to all who ascribe to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance‘s definition of antisemitism would be this: Do you embrace this NCCM call to action in the face of Israel defending its citizens from Hamas attacks?
No issue was made of the NCCM call to action, but those who support the Palestinian narrative and this call to action were certainly paying attention.
The NCCM also posted an al-Aqsa mosque fund:
The IHRA provided an example of antisemitism: “Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.”
A Washington Times article stated:
Do you understand why the Temple Mount and Haram al-Sharif [the Al Aqsa mosque compound] occupy the same small hilltop? It’s because, in antiquity, imperialist conquerors — not just Muslims — commonly built atop the holy sites of those they conquered.
The woke “anti-racism” industry has been honest about what it represents:
i) anti-Zionism;
ii) opposition to anyone who criticizes Islam or expresses concern about the genocidal Christian persecution that is taking place or has recently taken place in several countries (including Nigeria and some areas of the Middle East);
iii) the silencing of those who oppose suicidal open-door immigration policies;
iv) promoting the Palestinian “resistance”; and
v) condemnation of anyone who points out the seriousness of black-on-black crime.
This industry is persistent and determined; we do not see the same determination among leaders who oppose these woke views and simply advocate for open discussion. Too many opponents of the Left have given up and now dance to the drumbeat of their opponents by going along to get along, all while antisemitism rises and the West loses more freedoms.
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Walter Sieruk says
What those Toronto -area teachers a telling their students is similar to a leads to that idea of a “two state solution” is out of the question. .This is because a “two state solution” not really a “solution” but an Islamic ploy of deception , a smokescreen and hoax and a fraud.
For example those Hamas rocket attacks in to Israel from Gaza reveals that even the idea of some people of dividing Jerusalem as well as other parts of the State of Israel between the Jewish people of the Muslim/ Arabs is nothing but folly. To engage the madness of such “talks” is a hoax and a farce .This is because in the so called “negotiations” between the heads of the Jewish nation of Israel and the leaders of the “Palestinians” the Muslim /Arabs the “Palestinian” leaders will speak the truth only when in happens to fit their agenda. The rest of the time the will be speaking half-truths and outright lies. For their goal is to obtain all of the land of the State of Israel. Even in it takes much time and it means getting the land piece by piece. Therefore, those “peace talks” are a hoax.
For the “Palestinian” leaders are employing what is the Islamic doctrine of Taqiyya . Which is the Islamic dogma that lying and deception are good things to do as long as it’s done for the cause of the advancement of Islam. The insidious scheme is part of the stealth jihad .Otherwise known as “Islamic Gradualism.” This sly and something subtle strategy of disingenuous speech, lying deception of achieving the goal of all the land of Israel a war ploy that will be a disaster if the heads of the State of Israel are foolish enough to agree to divide the land of Israel with Muslim /Arabs ,the “Palestinians.” For if such a “peace dialogue” results in a divided land, the outcome will literally be murder. For “Palestinian” leader will allow the jihadists use that land as a base to launch murderous rocket attacks in to Israel. As for example, Hamas of Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Such false hopes for peace which are based on the foundation of lies are nothing new when it comes to Israel. For example, the Bible in Psalm 55:20, 21. Reads “Such men do violence to those at peace with them and break their promised word; their speech is smoother the butter but their thoughts are of war.” [N.E.B.]
Walter Sieruk says
Those Toronto -area teachers must be very ignorant to the information concerning Israel that is contained in the Bible. On the other hand , maybe they do know but couldn’t care less.
Nevertheless , all people should know who believe in the Bible or least have respect those jihadist’s terror/ murder organizations Hamas and Hezbollah as well as Islamic Jihad and of other Islamic terrorist’s entities, which are stooge jihad terror ,tools of Iran are fated to fail in their goal of destroying the Jewish State of Israel and replacing her with an Islamic “state.”
The reasons why is because those Muslim terror/murder organizations are all overruled by God This is so is because according to the Bible the Jews have all the land that now makes up the State of Israel ,including the West Bank by Divine Right. As found in Genesis 28:13-15. 35:10-12. Deuteronomy 32:48,49. Psalm 105: 7-11. 135: 4.
As the Bible in Psalm 135:4 reads “For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure.” [N.K.J.V.]
Furthermore, the Jews should have all this land by historic rights. As seen in First Kings 4; 20,21,24,25. 8:55, 56.