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'Chilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by Silverseren@kbin.social to c/world@lemmy.world

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Restaurant staff losing their jobs for cheering on a pro-Palestinian protest. A Palestinian Canadian journalist fired for her social media posts calling for a #freepalestine. Medical residents flagged to potential hiring committees for their support of Palestinians.

These are just some of the many instances across Canada in which employees and students have faced firings, suspensions or calls for them to not be hired based on their publicly stated political stance on the Israel-Hamas war. It's a trend that has been reported not just in Canada but also in the U.S. and Europe, and across various industries, including media, law, health care and the service sector.

According to three Ontario-based lawyers who spoke to CBC News, some employers and institutions have been quick to take action against employees or students, creating an environment in which many are afraid they will lose their jobs or face consequences to their education if they express a political stance in favour of one side — Palestinians — during this war.

"I can tell you personally, in the last month and a half, I've probably spoken with someone at least once a day [about this]," said Jackie Esmonde, a labour lawyer at Toronto-based firm Cavalluzzo Law. "They're not always cases that we take on, but we do have in the range of eight to 10 cases that we're actively working on at the moment.

"I'm not seeing people making what I would consider hate speech or discriminatory speech."

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[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

And I thought getting banned from big subreddits was annoying...

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I'm going to remember this.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm patiently waiting for the day a pro-Israel person is fired for their views in a western country. Surely that will go over well.

You can't negotiate with terrorists that hide behind their "you can't do anything about us cause we were oppressed in the past" rhetoric. Jewish people haven't suffered for so many years just for some of their leaders to turn around and inflict the same kind of hate that their parents and grandparents faced. They need to clean up their government, or at some point it will become the task of others to do it.

[+] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world -12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Siding with terrorists who rape women and children is not a popular stance. Hamas needs to be destroyed and they are embedded within the civilians.

That doesn't mean the Israeli government is allowed to wipe out all of Gaza. A long military occupation is warranted but Israel should have to pay for the damages it caused.

[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

A long military operation is obviously not warranted

Did you geniuses see what happened after the US launched it's long military operation?

They definitely destroyed terrorism in that war. Taliban and al quaeda no longer exist, and Isis never came to power right? Oh shit wait...

It's like trying to kill an ideology by bombing innocent people has never ever worked

[–] null@slrpnk.net 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Conflating #freepalestine with "siding with terrorist who rape women and children" is a bad look.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

Siding with terrorists who rape women and children is not a popular stance.

That's odd, since siding with terrorists is literally what Israel did when funding Hamas in order to destabilize Gaza.

At this point, considering all the atrocities inflicted by the Israeli army throughout this year alone - "siding with terrorists who rape women and children" means siding with Israel.

[+] LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.world -61 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I can understand glorifying terrorism would be a problem.

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How is saying that Israel should stop bombing hospitals the same as glorifying terrorism?

[+] LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.world -52 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Hospitals are the very bases of Hamas so yeah, kind of. To the very least if you expect Israel to not bomb the people who attacked them at least give a realistic alternative.

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Here's a field manual that details the rules and has some advice. There are a whole host of rules protecting civillians hospitals, but in the case where Hamas is using them as military bases, I'd say they can be considered primarily as human shields, though I'm no expert, and even if that's not the case they're still civillians and therefore protected. According to paragraph 2-20, "feasible precautions" must be taken to reduce civillian harm. This means bombing is pretty much out of the question, but there are still plenty of other ways to get at Hamas, such as SpecOps, sieges, and diplomacy. It's a difficult situation, but that doesn't mean you get to kill civillians with impunity.

[–] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

My first thought, when I heard about the Hamas tunnels was: is it a war crime to pump carbon monoxide into the tunnels? Then I heard that they were keeping the hostages in the tunnels. So yes. Yes, it would be.

[+] LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.world -24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

In other words "too bad you get bombed with rockets launched from hospitals and schools, now you can't retaliate".

Anyway those moral lessons are given by countries and people who've never been in a similar situation, not by a long shot so they're pretty much worthless.

If you truly wanted to help the Palestinians you would advocate for a real, democratic government to rule them that would actively seek peace with Israel, not a terrorist organisation whose only goal is to annihilate it.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What about democratic government in Israel who is truly seeking a peaceful solution of this conflict and not a bunch of far right extremists? Is it too much to ask?

What about a fair treatment of Palestinians, giving them some dignity? The war and the conditions regular Palestinians are put through are only going to radicalize even more people there. Look at yourself, you seem to be hating and generalising them as all being supporters of Hamas, but look at yourself, you seem quite on the far right spectrum without even going through this hell. So how are you seriously expecting any better from them, who for generations have been treated as second class citizens.

And believe me very few people here are antisemites, as you claim. I believe most people are making a difference between your government actions and regular people. And calling everyone who is pro-human rights person antisemite is a common apologist point of view.

And again, if you had managed to find peace with them and was treating them fairly in the past and wasn't conducting violent indiscriminate war against them for decades, yes, I said decades, because it is concerted effort not starting just now but going for a very long time, I am sure the antisemite globally would be a lot lower number.

[+] LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.world -14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't call yourself pro-human right if you're unable to condemn terrorism when it's in front of your, when literal peace activists are currently held hostages in gaza. Dont lecture me on human rights when you support a country that executes gay people.

You really think being anti Israel is being pro human rights?

Your speech is very nice and full of hope but it completely erases the fact that children in Palestine are raised to hate Jews, but I guess antisemitism is basic human rights too.

Also I don't mind being called right wing, it's only a slur for you.

"You generalize all palestiniens being supporters of Hamas'" take a look at this poll

bottom line:

Some 60 per cent in Gaza expressed support for the armed struggle against Israel, as did 70 per cent in the West Bank

[–] filister@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am condemning terrorism, and any act of aggression towards civilians. I am definitely not pro-Hamas, no matter how you try to twist my words. But I am also not feeling obliged to condemn them in every of my comments, but if you look through my comments you will see a fair bit of me condemning them.

I am also not anti Israel, I know Israeli people, I have visited the country on a couple of occasions and I still believe there are a lot of sane and good hearted people there who also want to find a peaceful solution to this conflict.

You on the other hand didn't say anything good for Palestinians or expressed any human empathy towards their suffering.

How is starving the whole population of Gaza justifiable in your eyes, or the internal displacement? Or crippling their entire health care system?

Why do you think terrorism isn't flourishing during peace and prosperity? By killing them and making them live through this hell you won't achieve anything other than radicalizing those people and giving birth to more Hamas or replacing this with the next terrorist organisation fighters. When did violence have been a basis of long term peace?

[+] LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.world -7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any killing of civilians is unacceptable obviously. But all you so called pro Palestinian peace activists need to find a solution real quick for Israel to stop being constantly attacked if you keep criticizing the way it reacts.

But the truth is you don't have a better suggestion, because luckily your country is not in this situation. But at least don't be an hypocrite about it and just admit you don't know what Israel should do but what you do know is that it apparently shouldn't eliminate the terrorists next door.

As for the starving of civilians please spare me the Hamas propaganda, there are hundreds of trucks entering Gaza everyday, but Hamas is stealing a lot of the aid unfortunately, as they be been doing since they're in power.

Israel is fighting anti-west Islamism which will ultimately benefit you too but all you are able to do is criticise it with zero valid arguments.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, all the human rights watch groups, WHO, the UN, and even your closest ally the US who by the way is flying drones over Gaza is admitting that there is a humanitarian catastrophe, why should I believe them if you tell me that this isn't the case. But what do I know.

[–] LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago

I mean when Ismail Haniyeh leader of Hamas thanks the UN for their decision, yeah maybe reconsider your sources, just a wild thought.

[–] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, Hamas the terrorist organisation which was funded by the Israeli government because Netanyahu didn't want to negotiate peace with a unified Palestinian Authority. In what year did the citizens of gaza elect Hamas as their representatives?

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're welcome to retaliate. They're just not allowed to indiscriminately bomb civillian infrastructure.

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Something they've yet to substantiate, as the Washington Post showcased yesterday. Conflating taking two injured hostages to a hospital on October 7th and tunnels that were built by Israel themselves in the 80's does not a base make.

But the IDF have clearly determined they don't need to show evidence of any kind and can make any claims they want, even when easily debunked by others, because there are no consequences for lying.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago

You're sick im the head

[–] snek@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Troll. Ignore this statement.

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's over for you zionists. The spell is broken. Your actions have now opened the floodgates to people criticizing Israel. The Right hates you. The Left opposes you. The young dislike you. You have lost the war. Remember, guerrila warfare is political.