Shocking moment Jewish teacher is forced to HIDE in her classroom at
a Queens high school as 'radicalized' students rampage through hallways
while demanding she be fired for attending pro-Israel rally
Videos have emerged on social media showing a high school in
Queens descending into anarchy as students protested against a Jewish
teacher
Daily Mail
Nov 25, 2023
One educator at the school, seen
here, said that administrators and officers with the NYPD rushed to the
aid of the teacher and locked her room door
This is the shocking moment a Jewish
teacher was forced to hide in her classroom at a high school in Queens
as students rampaged through the hallways and demanded she be fired for
attending a pro-Israel rally.
In the video students can be seen waving Palestine flags and jumping around hallways inside the school.
Another clip showed students running wild throughout the corridors of the school during the ordeal.
Hillcrest High School students in the New York City borough rioted inside the school for two hours on Monday.
The incident came about after images surfaced of a Jewish teacher at the school attending a pro-Israel rally.
One educator at the school told
the Post that administrators and officers with the NYPD rushed to the
aid of the teacher and locked her room door
In a statement to the the New York Post,
the teacher, who wished not to be identified revealed that she had been
working as an educator for 23 years in the New York City public school
system.
For the last seven years, her time has been spent working at Hillcrest High School.
'I have worked hard to be supportive of our entire student body and an advocate for our community,' she said.
'[I] was shaken to my core by the calls to violence against me that occurred online and outside my classroom last week.
'No
one should ever feel unsafe at school — students and teachers
alike. It's my hope in the days ahead we can find a way to have
meaningful discussions about challenging topics with respect for each
other's diverse perspectives and shared humanity.
'Unless we can learn to see each other as people we will never be able to create a safe learning community.'
A
senior student speaking to the outlet said that it was the teacher's
support for Israel that ignited the aggression seen at the Queens high
school.
'The teacher was seen holding a sign of Israel, like supporting it,' they said.
'A bunch of kids decided to make a group chat, expose her, talk about it, and then talk about starting a riot.'
A four-day cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war began Friday in Gaza as part of an agreement that Qatar helped broker.
Twenty-four
hostages were freed, including 13 Israeli citizens, 10 Thai citizens
and one Filipino citizen, Qatar said. Israel released 39 Palestinian
prisoners later in the day.
In one video that has been shared
on social media sites like TikTok and X, pupils can be seen waving
Palestine flags as they frequently jump up and down in the corridors
Other images show how some students took it upon themselves to ruin a restroom
But
the bloody war has taken the lives of thousands and led to an eruption
of violent protests and clashes between pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israel
supporters.
The riot at Hillcrest high school was well-documented online with the chaos captured in a series of photos and videos.
They showed large crowds of students congregating inside the hallways of the schools, chanting and running wild.
In
one video that has been shared on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter)
students can be seen waving Palestine flags while jumping up and down in
the corridors.
Other
images show the destruction of bathrooms as others attempted to barge
into the terrified teacher's classroom as she hid from the rioting mob.
An educator speaking to the outlet said administrators and officers with the NYPD rushed in to give the teacher aid after she locked herself into the classroom.
According
to New York City Councilman James Gennaro, the NYPD sent officers to
the school and brought in their counterterrorism bureau to investigate.
'The counterterrorism task force is not engaged unless they believe it is potentially a serious situation,' Gennaro said.
NYPD
officers escorted the teacher safely out of the building, but senior
students revealed to the post that they know her phone number and home
address.
Critics have blasted the group of students with one person saying they're 'embarrassed to be part of this generation.'
'This school needs to be investigated for the education failure.'
Another commented: 'Expel them all.'
It comes amid a growing number of anti-Semitism in the city following Hamas' deadly October 7 attack on Israel.
Last month, two construction workers lashed out a man who they caught ripping down fliers showing Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
The
men jumped into action after witnessing a man pulling down fliers taped
to light posts on the corner of 67th Drive and 109th Street in Queens.
One
of them can be heard saying: 'I'm not Jewish, he's not Jewish. It
doesn't f***ing matter. This is f***ing the USA, this is New York City.
'You
don't have a f***ing right to touch that s**t. This is a free country,
you can wave your Palestine flag and say death to the Jews or America
whenever you want. But we can put up signs. Okay.'
Following this, there was also a large scale protest pro-Palestine protest in Brooklyn with thousands of protestors shutting down the famous Brooklyn Bridge.
The
'Flood Brooklyn for Palestine' protest attracted thousands of
protesters holding up signs reading 'Free Palestine' and 'Zionism is
Terrorism'.
Other placards read 'Biden is funding genocide' and 'occupation is a crime.'
Jewish
people had been warned to avoid the area for their safety due to the
protest, that also attracted members of the orthodox Jewish community
who led the protest.
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