Beverly Hills Unified School District officials on Tuesday voted yes on a proposal that they hope will fight antisemitism by flying the Israeli flag on all campuses and district facilities. “This is a time right now that Jews are being killed and slaughtered on the street, and threats are happening,” said Sigalie Sabag, a BHUSD board member.
The resolution passed 3-to-2, which was met with strong reaction from members of the public who had gathered for Tuesday night’s meeting. Opponents of the measure say that displaying the Israeli flag in a public school setting blurs the line between supporting the Jewish community and endorsing the Israeli government, particularly during a time when they’re at war. They also believe that other ethnic and religious groups exist within a school district.
Board members say that their decision was made in good faith, and that displaying the Israeli flag is not an endorsement of a government or geopolitical topic.
Conflating Israel with Jews and Judaism is antisemitism.
Antisemitism has been on the rise because people conflate the state of Israel with Judaism. Let’s fight it by waving the Israeli flag! There’s no way that will possibly backfire!
Picking the Israeli flag also gives the game away. They could have gone with an actual Jewish symbol like the star of David or a menorah. Admittedly, both symbols appropriated by Israel; but the only thing I can think of that Israel hasn’t appropriated is a mezuzah; and I doubt most non Jews would recognize that.
Or, if they are having problems with antisemitism, they could try addressing those problems instead of performativly declaring what side they are on.
Palestinian flag too, right? They are also getting killed in great numbers.
On the other hand, we could skip the flags and just teach students about the nazi party and how they affected germany and lead them in to ww2.
Then the students can get to read modern history on Israel and draw parallels between the two.
Well tbf it’s ONLY the Palestinians being killed in great numbers.
Real fuckin’ normal. Jesus fuck I hate this shithole country so much.
This has gone way, way past the point of absurdity
For the same reason we were all required to do the stupid pledge every day in school as kids. It’s forced conformity and indoctrination, and it’s a feature of public schooling, not a bug.
It’s why you never learned about the Tulsa Massacre, or the Battle of Blair Mountain, or Sand Creek, or that the original US Constitution gave voting rights only to rich white men specifically. It’s why you heard the term ‘reservation’ and not ‘concentration camp’ when learning about US policy regarding indigenous people. Public schools exist to give you the basics and make you think the US can never be in the wrong.
Why are they allowing to wave Nazi 3.0 flags at campus?
They’re desperate to legitimize israel but people are catching on that the narrative in the west has been bullshit.
Might be a good idea to stock up some spares for those flags going up in flames.
They also believe that other ethnic and religious groups exist within a school district.
