More than 200 Chicagoland businesses, schools strike to call attention to thousands of Palestinian deaths – WGNTV (Chicago)

Nadia Ismail, administrator and teacher at Aqsa School in Bridgeview, said students gather for prayer to foster empathy and allow them to process their emotions, while going on strike allows them to make a difference. “Our students are seeing children being pulled from rubble, homes destroyed, and we don’t want them to feel helpless,” Ismail said.
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GM
2 years ago

Then up here in Evanston there was this: https://evanstonnow.com/palestine-activists-disrupt-council-meeting/ Palestine activists disrupt Council meeting by Bill Smith December 12, 2023 “Activists demanding an immediate cease fire in Gaza brought the Evanston City Council’s business to a halt for nearly a half hour Monday night after dominating more than an hour of public comment earlier in the meeting… While some of the demonstrators claimed to be Evanston residents, others appeared to be activists from across the metro area aligned with the U.S. Palestinian Community Network — which posted a video of the protest to its Instagram feed — and from a… Read more »

Robert L. Peters
2 years ago
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Wonder where these groups get their funding?

Ataraxis
2 years ago

What was the student’s reactions to the October 7th videos?

Robert L. Peters
2 years ago

“Around 1,200 Israelis were killed in the initial attack carried out by Hamas, which was reported to have been known by Israel as much as a year in advance, the New York Times said.”

See here the New York Times is blaming Israel because they didn’t prevent the attack. Why is that sentence even relevant. Thanks for that list of businesses I’ll be sure to stay away from Eifffel Waffles in my town.

Old Joe
2 years ago

Nadia, do Islamic schools teach cause and effect or actions and consequences?

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