The gloves are coming off everywhere. Ambiguity about the Palestinian goals will increasingly become a thing of the past. The highly aggressive Palestinian “resistance” has long been well established on our continent via Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions programs, as well as Muslim Student Association and Palestinian Solidarity Networks on campuses. Then there is the extensive network of “unindicted co-conspirators.” Add to all that the Trudeau and Biden governments that persistently stab Israel in the back as they carefully try to balance the Muslim and progressive Jewish votes.
Although the union also represents those who support Israel, CUPE’s key public figures are publicly engaged in the Palestinian “resistance.” Why is this being tolerated is the same puzzling question, particularly in light of the gross antisemitism now seen on campuses. All the pro-Palestinian activism prompted “at least one member to change their display picture to an Israeli flag with a statement supporting the Jewish State.”
Kudos to that one member. There are countless individuals who share the same view.
For background, here are two fairly recent headlines about Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees:
- Canadian Union of Public Employees toolkit for York University TA’s supports Palestine as ‘feminist issue’
- Local 3906, representing 3,500 workers in Canada’s largest union: ‘Palestine is rising, long live the resistance’
“CUPE president silences members who call her out for wearing keffiyeh,” by Ari Blaff, National Post, April 25, 2024:
Union members, some of whom are not Jewish, were alarmed when they spotted Katherine Grzejszczak’s laptop adorned with a large Palestinian flag sticker facing the audience.
Some members of a Toronto-area public sector union say it has become an unsafe space for Jews after their union president wore a keffiyeh during a video meeting and then muted fellow union members who raised objections to her “political” attire.
The news comes as the Ontario legislature is embroiled in a fractious debate about whether the keffiyeh — a traditional scarf often worn by Palestinians — is acceptable clothing to wear within Queen’s Park.
On April 17, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 905 members held a video meeting to discuss remote-work policies; the union represents 6,000 municipal government and library workers across York Region and neighbouring New Tecumseth, Ont.
Members, some of whom are not Jewish, told National Post they were alarmed when they spotted union president Katherine Grzejszczak’s laptop adorned with a large Palestinian flag sticker facing the audience. The overt political display prompted at least one member to change their display picture to an Israeli flag with a statement supporting the Jewish State.……
John Allan says
Well, she IS the president … until the MEMBERSHIP decides that she’ no longer IS!
Then she’s OUT!
From The Other Side of Town. says
Yes, she is the president duly elected, which means she is there to serve her membership. This includes listening to, and respecting their positions, and helping to maintain and protect them. NOT to serve encroaching fascism, which is neither democratic nor serving the better interest of hu/mankind.
bill says
Why does she mask herself when everybody knows who she is, or do they have sand storms in Canada now
John Allan says
Well, she IS the president … until the MEMBERSHIP decides that she no longer IS!
Then she’s OUT!
somehistory says
It’s how people once felt when they saw the nazi flag and heard nazis speak of their intent.
In the movie, “Wizard of Oz,” the girl says, “Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!”
All three animals are dangerous to little girls.
Those people claiming the ‘palestinains’ and hamas as their own to support and “love” are just as demented and dangerous, no matter how they look, what flags they carry or by what name they are known.
Look up khymani james, for example.
The intent of this woman is to strike fear, “terror” in those who see her…*face hidden*…and hear about her. There is power to be had and these fools are grabbing for it.
GE says
Hi somehistory,
It always amazes me how these protesters can’t see the forest for the trees. Anybody who studies history would see that Islam has been at war with the rest of the world since its inception. I guess they won’t understand it until they lose a family member to Islamic terrorism
themselves.
somehistory says
Hi, GE,
It also amazes me for the same reason. There’s that feeling people have where they say to themselves, “it will never happen to me,” even about ordinary things like auto accidents. Victims have admitted they thought it…whatever the it was…wouldn’t happen to them.
islam’s terror is unreal to them when it happens to someone else. And they don’t make the connection of islam with the mozlum they are electing as mayor.
David Fahey says
Vote her out and send her on her nasty way!
SC says
She WAS the union president. The only thing this sellout to civilized women, political sow can do is delay the inevitable end of her job.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Those who support Israel should split CUPE into 2, and then let the members choose which one they wanna be a part of, depending on their views
Memi says
Palestinians haven’t been allowed by Hamas to hold an Election since Hamas butchered PLO/Fatah/Arafat et al! A few terrorist oligarchs like Kaneye who poses with his “boss” Sultan Erdogan of officially-genocidal Turkey are safely, with their families, living in Istanbul and Qatar with Turkish passports and hold assets of $12B to date! They remotely control their jihadists toward their stated goal: the destruction of Israel. Is this what the Canadian Union president wants to see? Does she approve of Hamas genocidal invasaion of Israel October 7th? Does she want Sharia Law for her Canadian women members?
This ignoramus should have been fired for making such an unacceptable, undemocratic political statement–at least until Canadians vote for misogynist barbarian Islamist Sharia law–as Ontario almost did in 2005 under Liberal Prmier McGuinty!? Shameful.