Ontario: Students ambushed with gory, disturbing images of Gaza war during ‘surprise’ anti-Israel assembly  

The students at St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School in Richmond Hill “thought they were attending mass,” but instead, were ambushed with an aggressive political agenda that was heavy on shock effect.

Where is the school principal, Peter Parente, in this story? Parente, as well as whoever invited this mysterious propagandist to St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School in Richmond Hill, needs to be questioned about this nefarious incident by the York District School Board. Will there be consequences for this abuse of students? They were shown disturbingly graphic images by a pro-Hamas activist speaker. Who walks into a school with an overt agenda to indoctrinate students using such imagery? Who was the speaker, who was introduced simply as a surgeon? Will this speaker, who is unfit to be around youth, be going from school to school? It is important that this speaker be identified, as well as those who invited him or her. Would members of the Jewish community feel safe being attended to by this surgeon, after he or she demonstrated such an appalling lack of discretion?

Pro-Hamas activists are escalating their efforts rapidly, while authorities do nothing.

“Pe’er Krut: Anti-Israel tirade at Ontario high school shows Jews are targets wherever they go,” by Pe’er Krut, National Post, June 17, 2024:

With shots fired at two Canadian Jewish schools in late May, and an anti-Israel tirade waged by a guest speaker reported at a Catholic school, where should Jewish students turn? Where are we safe?

On May 21, students at St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School in Richmond Hill, Ont., were unwittingly ushered into an assembly where a guest speaker, introduced simply as a surgeon, projected graphic imagery from the Israel-Hamas conflict. Accompanying the visuals were a series of unfounded claims about the war, according to an anonymous letter shared by the Jewish Educators and Families Association of Canada.

Students thought they were attending a mass. Instead, around 300 of them listened as the speaker engaged demonized Israel and fed them a steady stream of false and misleading information. After corroborating the story with several students, both Jewish and non-Jewish, I learned the extent to which students were shocked and disturbed by the assembly.

Without warning, photos of children with their limbs cut off were projected on a screen. The speaker gave a one-sided perspective of the conflict, and presented opinions like, “Israel is the top-hated country in the world” as fact.

The speaker further implied that the October 7 massacre was justified, stating, “When these children grow up, how do you expect them not to hate Israel?” The speaker’s appearance, unlike other assemblies at the school, was not listed on the school’s website or calendar.

All this begs the question: is this the best use of students’ valuable class time? More concerningly, does this one-sided ambush contribute to their education, or is it simply an opportunity for a guest speaker to further a political agenda?…..