Muslim Teacher in US Fired for Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Oath

A Muslim teacher working at a public school in Texas, the United States, has been recently fired from her job because she boycotts Israel.

News ID: 442532

Date: 21 December 2018 - 17:52

RNA - Bahia Amawi, a children's speech specialist, refused to sign a required document certifying that she does not and will not engage in a boycott of Israel or take any action that is intended to inflict economic harm on that state, The Intercept reported.

Amawi filed a lawsuit on Monday saying that the school violated her free speech rights, guaranteed under the First Amendment of the US Constitution, by forcing her to sign the document.

The US violations against those demanding justice for the Palestinians have been stepped up recently, the latest of which was the CNN firing of anchor Marc Lamont Hill following his pro-Palestinian speech at the United Nations.

"We have an opportunity to not just offer solidarity in words but to commit to political action, grass-roots action, local action and international action that will give us what justice requires and that is a free Palestine from the river to the sea," Hill said in the speech.

Pro-Israel groups found that a chance to strongly criticize Hill and accuse him of anti-Semitism and of "planning to destroy Israel" and "following Hamas's path".

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