A number of school administrators have come forth in recent days to confirm that they recommend Jewish children should not enrol at their schools.
According to school administrators, law enforcement officials and social workers, the on-going conflict in Gaza has led to heightened tensions between Jews and Arabs – particularly Palestinians – here in Denmark.
And although few headmasters of schools have faced the situation, most of those at schools with a high percentage of children of Arab descent say they try to prevent Jewish parents from enrolling their children there.
On Monday, headmaster Olav Nielsen of Humlehave School in Odense publicly admitted he would refuse Jewish parents’ wish to place their child at his school.
The comments were made following an incident last week in which two Israeli citizen’s were shot and wounded at a city shopping centre. Police believe the incident was a reaction to the Gaza conflict.
Other headmasters have now come forth to support Nielsen’s position, adding that they are putting the child’s safety first.
Maybe they could put all the Jews into one neighborhood and not let them travel the country. You know… for their protection.
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Mark, this reminds me of a post you had at some point last year about blaming the victims of bullying. I guess it’s easier for leaders to have victims to live with the consequences of their oppression rather than do something about their oppressors.
It’s particularly sad that this would happen in Denmark, where in WW2 the Danish royal family set an example by voluntarily wearing the Jewish star and encouraged others to do likewise.
So much for human solidarity and courage.
Hopefully, people will wake up and hear again the wise old words of Martin Niemoller: “In Germany, they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist; and then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist; and then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew; and then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up.”
Wow! I hadn’t plugged in that general theme, being too caught up in the particulars of the race and culture. You are absolutely right. Basically, if A and B are in conflict in the province of Institution C, then C will bear down on the one most likely to meekly comply, regardless of who is the aggressor. Thus, C will always be more likely to side with the bully.