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Title: A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job
Source: FromThe Trenches/The Intercept
URL Source: https://fromthetrenchesworldreport. ... tes-so-she-lost-her-job/238073
Published: Dec 17, 2018
Author: Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2018-12-18 05:26:30 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1335
Comments: 30

The Intercept – by Glenn Greenwald

A CHILDREN’S SPEECH PATHOLOGIST who has worked for the last nine years with developmentally disabled, autistic, and speech-impaired elementary school students in Austin, Texas, has been told that she can no longer work with the public school district, after she refused to sign an oath vowing that she “does not” and “will not” engage in a boycott of Israel or “otherwise tak[e] any action that is intended to inflict economic harm” on that foreign nation. A lawsuit on her behalf was filed early Monday morning in a federal court in the Western District of Texas, alleging a violation of her First Amendment right of free speech.  

The child language specialist, Bahia Amawi, is a U.S. citizen who received a master’s degree in speech pathology in 1999 and, since then, has specialized in evaluations for young children with language difficulties (see video below). Amawi was born in Austria and has lived in the U.S. for the last 30 years, fluently speaks three languages (English, German, and Arabic), and has four U.S.-born American children of her own.

Amawi began working in 2009 on a contract basis with the Pflugerville Independent School District, which includes Austin, to provide assessments and support for school children from the county’s growing Arabic-speaking immigrant community. The children with whom she has worked span the ages of 3 to 11. Ever since her work for the school district began in 2009, her contract was renewed each year with no controversy or problem.

But this year, all of that changed. On August 13, the school district once again offered to extend her contract for another year by sending her essentially the same contract and set of certifications she has received and signed at the end of each year since 2009.

She was prepared to sign her contract renewal until she noticed one new, and extremely significant, addition: a certification she was required to sign pledging that she “does not currently boycott Israel,” that she “will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract,” and that she shall refrain from any action “that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel, or with a person or entity doing business in Israeli or in an Israel-controlled territory.”

The language of the affirmation Amawi was told she must sign reads like Orwellian — or McCarthyite — self-parody, the classic political loyalty oath that every American should instinctively shudder upon reading:

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That language would bar Amawi not only from refraining from buying goods from companies located within Israel, but also from any Israeli companies operating in the occupied West Bank (“an Israeli-controlled territory”). The oath given to Amawi would also likely prohibit her even from advocating such a boycott given that such speech could be seen as “intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel.”

Whatever one’s own views are, boycotting Israel to stop its occupation is a global political movement modeled on the 1980s boycott aimed at South Africa that helped end that country’s system of racial apartheid. It has become so mainstream that two newly elected members of the U.S. Congress explicitly support it, while boycotting Israeli companies in the occupied territories has long been advocated in mainstream venues by Jewish Zionist groups such as Peace Now and the Jewish-American Zionist writer Peter Beinart.

This required certification about Israel was the only one in the contract sent to Amawi that pertained to political opinions and activism. There were no similar clauses relating to children (such as a vow not to advocate for pedophiles or child abusers), nor were there any required political oaths that pertained to the country of which she is a citizen and where she lives and works: the United States.

Read the rest here: https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/israel-texas-anti-bds-law/ (1 image)

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

This is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court will strike it down, if it ever gets to them.

Vicomte13  posted on  2018-12-18   8:28:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Deckard (#0)

Whatever one’s own views are, boycotting Israel to stop its occupation is a global political movement

Whatever one’s own views are, boycotting Israel to stop its unlawful occupation is a global political movement.

Fixed it.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   9:22:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Vicomte13 (#1) (Edited)

This is unconstitutional.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   9:23:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: misterwhite (#2)

unlawful occupation

Uh. You're stupid. Israel is Israel. They need to remove 100 percent of the Muslims from Israel. That includes the West Bank and Gaza. By any means necessary.

I would suggest pay them 10 thousand dollars and tell them to get lost or die.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   9:25:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: misterwhite (#2)

boycotting Israel to stop its unlawful occupation is a global political movement.

Of the antichrist. And muslim scumbags.

Which are you?

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   9:29:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: A K A Stone (#4)

Israel is Israel.

Not until the UN gave them the land in 1948 -- the same UN that gave the Palestinians land on which to build their country. Prior to that there was no "State of Israel".

•Between 1922 and 1948 the land was legally and officially under the rule of the British. It was officially called “Palestine” in English. In Arabic it was officially called in English. In Arabic it was officially called in English. In Arabic it was officially called in English. In Arabic it was officially called “Falastin”, and in Hebrew it was officially called “Palestina (E.Y)”. The “E.Y” stands for “Eretz Yisrael”, as t the Jewish community called it.

•During the Ottoman rule, the land was never a single administrative unit. The territory that forms what the Palestinians call “historic Palestine” was in the end of Ottoman rule splited between districts that were officially called “Kudüs-i ^erif” (Jerusalem), “Nablus” and “Akka” (Acre). These three districts were referred by Europeans as “Palestine”, and sometimes by locals as “Southern Syria”. The locals did not have any regional identity, they i identified by their religious affiliation.

•During the Mamluk rule (13rd to 16th centuries) the land was considered part of Syria (“Bilad al-Sham”) and was either called “Filastin” or “Southern Syria”.

•During the Crusader period, there was kingdom there called the “Kingdom of Jerusalem”, and the land was referred by the Christians as the “Holy Land”.

•During the Early Arab period (7th to 12th centuries) the land was called “Jund F Filastin Filastin”.

•During the Byzantine rule (4th to 7th century), the land was divided into three provinces called “Palaestina Prima”, “Palaestina Secunda” and “Palaestina S Salutaris Salutaris” (which includes most of modern day Negev and Sinai deserts).

•During the Roman rule the land had many different names. In the later periods (2nd to 4th centuries), the land was incorporated into the province of Syria, after the failed rebellion of the Jews against the Roman rule in 135 CE. It was called “Syria-Palaestina”. The Romans chose the name “Palaestina” in order to erase any Jewish ties to the land. Before that it was officially called “Iudaea” (i.e Judea). The origin of the name “Palaestina” is in Greek visitors from the 3rd and 5th centuries BCE, who referred to this land by this name, as there was an ancient nation called “Plishtim”, or “Philistines”, of Greek origin, who lived in the southern coastal area of the land. The Romans separated Iudaea from the “Galilaea”

•During the Jewish Hasmonean rule (2nd to 1st century BCE) the land was called “Yehuda” which is the Jewish pronunciation of “Judea” or “Judah”.

•For the Greek rule (4th to 1st centuries) I couldn’t find what were the official name of this land. It was referred as part of “Coele Syria” and sometimes called “Palaestina” by Greeks, who adopted the earlier Greek names. Obviously the Jews called it “Yehuda” or “Eretz Yisrael”. I found a map of Greek districts, these include “Judea”, “Samaria” and “Galilaea”.

•During the Persian rule (6th to 4th century) there was an autonomous Jewish province called “Yehud Medinata” (i.e. “Province of Judah”). Besides there were the provinces of “Shomron” and “Galil”.

•During the Babylonian and Assyrian rule (8th to 6th centuries), the land didn’t have a specific name, but the province of “Yehud” existed. The Assyrians who conquered the Kingdom of Israel in c. 720 BCE had a province called “Yisrael”, but it was only around the cities of Samaria and Nablus.

•Before the Babylonian and Assyrian rules, there were two independent kingdoms in the land, one based in Jerusalem and its name was the “Kingdom of Judah”, or “Mamlekhet Yehuda”, and one based in the city of Samaria called “Kingdom of Israel”, or “Mamlekhet Yisrael”, which is often refered as the “Northern Kingdom” or “Kingdom of Samaria”. These two kingdom broke from the united “Kingdom of Israel” during the 10th century BCE.

•Before the establishment of these kingdoms, the land was controlled by petty city states and among them were the tribes of Israel, mentioned in Egyptian scripts from the 13th century BCE. The land was refered by the locals as “Cna’an”, or “Canaan”. Canaan had three main cultures: the Canaanites, who the Israelites and Judeans emerged from (unless you believe the tale of the Egyptian captivity), the “Philistines” (refered as “Plishtim” or “Plishti” by Canaanites, “Pleshet” by Egyptians and as “Palashtu”, “Plishti” or “Plishtu” by the Assyrians. They lived in five city states on the southern shore of the medi mediterranean mediterranean coast and are of a Greek origin. To the north, in modern day Lebanon and the northern coast of the Galilee lived a nation, who also refered to themselves as Canaanites, but were called by the Israelites and Judeans “Tzidonim” or “Sidonites”, after the city of Sidon, which was one of their main cities. These are the “Phoenicias”. The name Canaan may come from the Hurrians, who lived in Syria, and means “Land of Purple”, because the Phoenicians were the main producers of purple dye. It may also come from the Egyptian rulers, who also refered to Canaan sometimes as “Retjenu” when they ruled it several times during the 3rd millenium BCE.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   9:41:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: misterwhite (#6)

What country from the middle east did you come from. Syria?

Israel was given by God to the Jews.

The Egyptians and others tried to destroy Israel. Israel took more of their land back.

You don't matter. Israel controls their land and will continue to do so. You will be dead and they will still control their land.

Your people need to get over it or die fighting.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   9:43:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: A K A Stone (#5)

Of the antichrist. And muslim scumbags.

So boycotting Israel is so bad there should be an anti-boycott clause in this teacher's contract?

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   9:48:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: A K A Stone (#7)

Israel was given by God to the Jews.

According to the Jews or the Arabs?

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   9:51:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: misterwhite (#8)

So boycotting Israel is so bad there should be an anti-boycott clause in this teacher's contract?

Probably not. She will probably win her case.

I would need to know more about her work.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   9:52:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: misterwhite (#9)

According to the Jews or the Arabs?

According to the Bible. Which predates everything you posted.

According to Jesus.

Do you think Jesus was a liar?

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   9:53:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: misterwhite (#8)

So boycotting Israel is so bad there should be an anti-boycott clause in this teacher's contract?

Well it is the law. You respect the law right?

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:05:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: A K A Stone (#11)

Do you think Jesus was a liar?

Do you believe Jesus was the Son of God?

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:07:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: A K A Stone (#12)

Well it is the law. You respect the law right?

I respect constitutional law. Does the school have the power to write law?

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:09:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: misterwhite (#13)

Do you believe Jesus was the Son of God?

Yes I do.

What about you?

Luke 12:8 “Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:”

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:09:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: misterwhite (#14)

I respect constitutional law. Does the school have the power to write law?

During the mid-1970's the United States adopted two laws that seek to counteract the participation of U.S. citizens in other nation's economic boycotts or embargoes. These "antiboycott" laws are the 1977 amendments to the Export Administration Act (EAA) and the Ribicoff Amendment to the 1976 Tax Reform Act (TRA). While these laws share a common purpose, there are distinctions in their administration.

Objectives: The antiboycott laws were adopted to encourage, and in specified cases, require U.S. firms to refuse to participate in foreign boycotts that the United States does not sanction. They have the effect of preventing U.S. firms from being used to implement foreign policies of other nations which run counter to U.S. policy.

https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oac

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:11:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: misterwhite (#15)

Before you answer let me add this.

But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 1

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:13:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: A K A Stone (#11)

According to the Bible. Which predates everything you posted.

Well, God had conditions attached to that. God said to Israel, "If you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples".

But Israel rejected Jesus Christ, God's Son, thereby breaking that covenant with God.

So there's that.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:19:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: A K A Stone (#15)

Do you believe Jesus was the Son of God?
Yes I do.

So do I. But Judaism does not.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:23:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: misterwhite (#18)

What about the verses about the last days and Israel returning?

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:28:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: misterwhite (#19)

So do I. But Judaism does not.

I am happy to hear you do misterwhite.

The Jews who don't believe are mistaken.

The Bible says something about all of Israel being saved. So I think in time they will.

Do you believe the Bible part about the Jews coming back to Israel. I could go look it up if you like. (later). But if you believe that, do you think they would return to the land as a for lack of better words. A finished or unfinished product in relation to God?

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:32:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: misterwhite (#19)

Sometimes I go off on you like you are all bad. You are not.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:33:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: A K A Stone (#16) (Edited)

Those laws apply to private companies, not schools -- and certainly not to private citizens.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:34:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: misterwhite (#23)

hose laws apply to private companies, not schools

Maybe, maybe not. We would have to read through the law.

Here is what I think.

If she wants to boycott Israel it is her money to spend where she wants. It is her mouth to speak what she wants.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:39:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: misterwhite (#23)

However. If she was spreading her message at school on school time. She shouldn't be allowed to do that. She should teach the lesson.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:40:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: misterwhite (#23)

Those laws apply to private companies, not schools -- and certainly not to pr private private citizens.

It sounds like a private school. Which would be a company.

A K A Stone  posted on  2018-12-18   10:42:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: A K A Stone (#20)

What about the verses about the last days and Israel returning?

You mean the last days with the second coming of Jesus Christ, Son of God? I would imagine the Jews will kill him again.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:44:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: A K A Stone (#26)

It sounds like a private school. Which would be a company.

If true, the law would apply to the school, not the teachers.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:45:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: A K A Stone (#25)

If she was spreading her message at school on school time.

It's not clear from the article that she was doing anything to prompt a different contract (unless you have information to the contrary). The school simply inserted that clause into her new contract. I'm guessing they did that with all the teachers.

I oppose any teacher proselytizing their personal views on anything inside the classroom.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-12-18   10:52:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: (#0)

Gay marriage is now the law of the land. What this school is doing to this woman is the equivalent of demanding that every teacher sign a pledge that she will not in any way (including religiously), in her personal life, oppose gay marriage or participate in anything that will.

In other words, to keep your job, give up your religion.

It's unconstitutional.

The problem with this unconstitutional shit is that once it is used (for something like this), its use will be greatly expanded.

Vicomte13  posted on  2018-12-19   7:10:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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