Nadia Shoufani spoke on her private time & did not do so in her job as a teacher with Dufferin-Peel school board. Please take the opportunity to fully investigate the actions of Israel in occupied Palestine before you make any decision on this issue. I am sure you will understand and accept Ms. Shoufani's comments.
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Kay Osatenko
10 years ago
Ms Shoufani has spoken within the context of international law. The fact that authorities are targeting her is the real injustice. Their behaviour is truly shameful. Canada has given cover to outrageous flaunting of international law.
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Ralf Busse
10 years ago
Free speech is still a value in this country, and trial by allegations is not yet law.
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Barbara Galbraith
10 years ago
This appears to be a totally unjust action on the part of Dufferin-Peel School Board. I sincerely hope that their decision is reversed.
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Walter Thomas Beckett
10 years ago
Please take the opportunity to fully investigate the actions of Israel in occupied Palestine before you make any decision on this issue. After you do so, I am sure you will understand, agree with, and accept Ms. Shoufani's comments.
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Philip Helwig
10 years ago
This is a question of free speech and the school board should be ashamed of caving in to pressure from B'nai Brith.
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Robert Collins
10 years ago
How can Israel hope to gain the respect of the world when it not only refuses to end the occupation, but also attempts to brutalize those who exercise their right to free speech about Palestine? We Canadians must stand up for our right to free speech and condemn this propagandistic attack against Ms. Shoufani.
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Patti Martin
10 years ago
CHRISTIANS wake up. " Revelations 2.9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan."
TO HELL with these murderous Zionists. Who would support those that murder children? God is watching!!! WAKE UP to those evil people who are not chosen but crucified by the Lord himself. READ your BIBLES and pay attention!
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Dermot Mc Fadden
10 years ago
Free speech! Free Palestine!
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Rose Mendez
10 years ago
You are constantly trying to silence and pacify the voices of the oppressed. We see through you. We will not stand for it. We will be heard. Solidarity.
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Zaki Choudhary
10 years ago
Suspending a teacher for, on her own time, giving remarks in line with international law and supporting the international legal right of occupied peoples to struggle against Occupying Powers (as confirmed multiple times by the UN General Assembly) is not only ridiculous and horrific, but a blatant disregard and rejection of free speech and international law.
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Howard Davidson
10 years ago
The attack on Ms Shoufani is an outrageous violation of educators' responsibility to express their views on critical issues.
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Valerie Hathaway-Warner
10 years ago
It offends me deeply that this Canadian teacher's rights are being suspended due to the politically motivated group she was speaking out against. Remember the ongoing plight of teachers in Mexico and their sacrifice to attempt to retain free speech.
We are going there in Canada if we don't speak out about this unreasonable interference in this teachers personal life.
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Isidore Desrochers
10 years ago
The "core" of our Constitution in the US is "Freedom of Speech", and, indeed, the most protected speech is "political speech". It wasn't presented in the 2d, or 3d amendment but the 1st. Without it we have nothing.
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Mubashir
10 years ago
I support
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Mira
10 years ago
This teacher is a hero! Protect free speech and human rights!
Protect democracy!
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D Ashford
10 years ago
Complaints about this excellent teachers well-reasoned comments are without intellectual or moral basis. Humans have human rights, which her detractors like to pretend doesn't apply to Palestinians. But they're arguments are not grounded in either law or precedent or human morality; such people should be utterly disregarded. Solidarity with Ms. Shoufani.
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marco guerrero
10 years ago
justice
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John MacGregor
10 years ago
Please be very cautious about restricting our Free Speech. It is fundamental to Canadian Culture. Without Free Speech, the truth will not get out.
Thank you Teachers for Palestine
Nadia Shoufani spoke on her private time & did not do so in her job as a teacher with Dufferin-Peel school board. Please take the opportunity to fully investigate the actions of Israel in occupied Palestine before you make any decision on this issue. I am sure you will understand and accept Ms. Shoufani's comments.
Ms Shoufani has spoken within the context of international law. The fact that authorities are targeting her is the real injustice. Their behaviour is truly shameful. Canada has given cover to outrageous flaunting of international law.
Free speech is still a value in this country, and trial by allegations is not yet law.
This appears to be a totally unjust action on the part of Dufferin-Peel School Board. I sincerely hope that their decision is reversed.
Please take the opportunity to fully investigate the actions of Israel in occupied Palestine before you make any decision on this issue. After you do so, I am sure you will understand, agree with, and accept Ms. Shoufani's comments.
This is a question of free speech and the school board should be ashamed of caving in to pressure from B'nai Brith.
How can Israel hope to gain the respect of the world when it not only refuses to end the occupation, but also attempts to brutalize those who exercise their right to free speech about Palestine? We Canadians must stand up for our right to free speech and condemn this propagandistic attack against Ms. Shoufani.
CHRISTIANS wake up. " Revelations 2.9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan." TO HELL with these murderous Zionists. Who would support those that murder children? God is watching!!! WAKE UP to those evil people who are not chosen but crucified by the Lord himself. READ your BIBLES and pay attention!
Free speech! Free Palestine!
You are constantly trying to silence and pacify the voices of the oppressed. We see through you. We will not stand for it. We will be heard. Solidarity.
Suspending a teacher for, on her own time, giving remarks in line with international law and supporting the international legal right of occupied peoples to struggle against Occupying Powers (as confirmed multiple times by the UN General Assembly) is not only ridiculous and horrific, but a blatant disregard and rejection of free speech and international law.
The attack on Ms Shoufani is an outrageous violation of educators' responsibility to express their views on critical issues.
It offends me deeply that this Canadian teacher's rights are being suspended due to the politically motivated group she was speaking out against. Remember the ongoing plight of teachers in Mexico and their sacrifice to attempt to retain free speech. We are going there in Canada if we don't speak out about this unreasonable interference in this teachers personal life.
The "core" of our Constitution in the US is "Freedom of Speech", and, indeed, the most protected speech is "political speech". It wasn't presented in the 2d, or 3d amendment but the 1st. Without it we have nothing.
I support
This teacher is a hero! Protect free speech and human rights! Protect democracy!
Complaints about this excellent teachers well-reasoned comments are without intellectual or moral basis. Humans have human rights, which her detractors like to pretend doesn't apply to Palestinians. But they're arguments are not grounded in either law or precedent or human morality; such people should be utterly disregarded. Solidarity with Ms. Shoufani.
justice
Please be very cautious about restricting our Free Speech. It is fundamental to Canadian Culture. Without Free Speech, the truth will not get out.