Another Legal Insurrection victory: Ct orders video released of anti-Israel 3rd Grade event

[shira]

Ithaca (NY) School District has fought for almost a year to prevent release of video and other documents

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 (she also is a full time employee of Code Pink), and Mary Grady Flores. The event was arranged through third grade teacher Brooke Burnett, a friend of Gold and Flores.

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.

Docs Confirmed Third Grade Event Was Anti-Israel Propaganda

After our September 20 report, a firestorm of controversy erupted, with the Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District (ICSD), Dr. Luvelle 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 controversy received widespread news coverage, particularly over the activists’ request to the students to become “freedom fighters for Palestine”:

I filed a NY Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking documents about the event. While numerous documents, including a video of the event, were withheld by ICSD, what was produced was enough to declare without doubt that the event was an anti-Israel presentation in which both the activists and the teacher leading the discussion skewed the conversation against Israel to the extent that one or more students were incited to express hatred of Israel.

I described my findings and the evidence obtained in a post on November 8, 2015, New docs reveal Third Grade Anti-Israel event much worse than thought.

more...
http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/09/another-legal-insurrection-victory-ct-orders-video-released-of-anti-israel-3rd-grade-event/

[shira]

1. A little background on the terror supporting Bassem Tamimi & his family....

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/ben-ehrenreichs-obscene-empathy-with-the-terror-supporting-tamimis/

[anoNY42]

2. Kudos for the right-wing site link...

LI is a right-wing site that regularly features anti-gay and anti-liberal commentary.

[shira]

3. Exposing terror supporting activists who want Jews dead is important...

Both the alt-Right and alt-Left support creeps like Bassem Tamimi.
I think it's great LI exposes both extremes.
I've also not aware of anything anti-gay there. I don't read the site for its politics, BTW.

[anoNY42]

4. But you have read plenty of anti-liberal stuff there, right?

I'm not completely off my rocker on this one.

Anyway, it is clear none of the writers at LI support the Obergefell decision, although lately they have ignored the issue since it is no longer a big deal to 98% of the nation. In fact, lately they have been sorting themselves into "pro-Trump" vs "never Trump Republicans". That is like Stormfront sorting itself into "pro-Nazi" vs. "anti-Nazi KKK members".

I won't even get into to cesspool that is their comment sections.

[shira]

5. Actually no. You know more about that site than I do...

I see something about I/P from somewhere that I think is interesting on Twitter or FB, I either retweet or post it somewhere else. Doesn't really matter from what site.

[anoNY42]

6. "Doesn't really matter from what site. "

until you read the DU rules, that is.

I for one would prefer it if you did not give those conservative jackasses any more traffic by linking from this site.

[Little Tich]

7. Are you a Trump supporter?

Legal Insurrection seems to be a pro-Trump site...

[shira]

8. LoL. Trump's an idiot.

Meanwhile your pro-Trump, Ann Coulter loving friends at Mondoweiss trash Hillary daily & you're suddenly worried about LI?

Please.

[Little Tich]

10. After actually reading the OP, I must say that the Legal Insurrection guy is really creepy

for going after third-graders.

He seems also to be on a fishing expedition, as there's no evidence of any wrongdoing.

[branford]

11. How exactly was LI going after third-graders?

Also, "fishing expedition?" Did you read Superintendent Brown's statement or clink any of the local news links?

[shira]

12. That guy is trying to protect 3rd graders from pro-terror Jew haters like Mr. Tamimi.....

Bassem Tamimi supports terror attacks & incites hatred against Jews.

That bigoted Jew hating POS has no business being around 3rd graders spewing his poison.

As always, you have it completely backwards.