Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech
Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech
The valedictorian at a west Ottawa high school says she's been told not to come to school Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commencement ceremony.
Elizabeth Yao largely focused on highlights from the past four years at Bell High School during her speech on Thursday, including a memorable waffle fundraiser and the days spent dozing off while reading Shakespeare.
Her comments on the war in Gaza came at the end, after a land acknowledgement.
"As a commitment to truth and reconciliation, I must acknowledge colonial and genocidal atrocities today, including the massacre of more than 17,000 Palestinian children in Gaza," Yao said, breaking off as the crowd cheered.
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What is Israel doing to Palestine?
They're bombing them, but is their goal to wipe out all terrorists, or what?
The goal is to wipe out Palestinians.
And you don't need to take anyone's second hand word for it. If you do a little looking, Israeli officials have said as much, in so many words, numerous times.
It's intentional, systematic genocide. There's no two ways about it.
It appears they define 'terrorist' as 'anyone who is a terrorist, or knows a terrorist, or has family members that is a terrorist, or knows someone whose family member is a terrorist, or knows someone who is friends with someone whose family member is a terrorist, or is a reporter"
In the end, its a land grab, they want to take West Bank over.