Arabic translation:
Solidarity with Palestine
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EXCERPT
Noga Vilan is an Israeli, the leader of ongoing demonstrations for the return of Oct. 7 hostages from Gaza (See “’That’s my approach’ – Vilan stands for hostages,” The Jewish Review, Feb. 14, 2024) and is the parent of two Portland Public Schools students. When she saw strikers in her neighborhood suddenly carrying signs and Palestinian flags, she was alarmed.
“They asked us, ‘come join us every morning and every afternoon and we will march in the neighborhood’” she recalled. “And then, when they decided to take that on, then I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’”
Meanwhile, at a meeting of the union’s Representative Assembly in November, attendees were greeted by what David Goldstein, a teacher at Robert Grey Middle School, described as “activists” with pro-Palestinian signs. Goldstein was handed leaflets demanding the union call for a ceasefire, deploring “75+ years of genocide,” and encouraging teachers to utilize a curriculum program called “Project48,” which includes a session that “addresses the pervasive Zionist narrative that continues to ‘justify’ the Nakba, despite clear and compelling facts, historical documentation, and experiences of Palestinians.”
“Teachers told me they didn’t recognize who they were,” Horenstein said of the meeting. “They didn’t believe them to be building representatives, but they were all passing out fliers that one could consider anti-Israel.”
Days prior, the union’s executive board had signed on to a letter calling for a ceasefire.
Source:
https://jewishportland.org/jewishreview/jr-stories/pat-promotes-one-sided-narrative-on-gaza