A history teacher who worked at a school in the central city of Petah Tikva was arrested on Friday, November 10, for allegedly justifying the barbaric acts carried out by Hamas terrorists in Israel.
“Israeli soldiers didn’t rape Palestinians? They have since 1948, and this doesn’t make it into the textbooks,” the teacher wrote in a messaging group with other teachers. His comments appeared to justify the fact that Hamas raped women, as some reports claimed.
In a separate instance, he wrote, seemingly defending Hamas, “An occupied nation is allowed to do anything that is needed in order to succeed in its struggle.” The teacher was removed from the school by the Petah Tikva municipality and Education Ministry, after a complaint was filed.
The investigation continues. His custody was extended at least until Monday, November 13, according to The Times Of Israel.
It has been reported that the teacher had extended support for terror in the past, and disparaged security forces. He even eulogised a terrorist. He allegedly said earlier this year that a person involved in a car-ramming attack “was not a terrorist.” He has also been accused of sharing online posts that encouraged attacks on cops and soldiers.
The teacher once allegedly referred to Israeli Air Force pilots as “child murderers” and urged high school students not to serve in the army. “They know well what the results will be, and still they chose to obey,” he wrote of the pilots.
{{/usCountry}}The teacher once allegedly referred to Israeli Air Force pilots as “child murderers” and urged high school students not to serve in the army. “They know well what the results will be, and still they chose to obey,” he wrote of the pilots.
{{/usCountry}}“We take seriously this case in which a history teacher who educates children in a school in Israel, distorts history, calls IDF pilots murderers, justifies the actions of the enemy and aids the enemy in times of war, among other things, by fabrications that include blaming IDF soldiers,” police said in a statement, according to the Israeli outlet Mako.