Pro-Palestinian display at Stanford University day care unnerves some parents

[Behind the Aegis]

A day care center at Stanford University for children of faculty, staff and students is facing questions after preschoolers colored in watermelons, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity, that were then displayed on a wall alongside a Palestinian flag.

A photo circulating on social media shows 13 child-like interpretations of watermelon slices, painted on paper plates, stuck on a display board under the banner, “Look what I made.” A Palestinian flag hangs next to them.

Families raised concerns about the display this week and it was removed, spokespeople for the university and for the outside contractor that runs the preschool said in statements to J. on Thursday.

The watermelon has re-emerged as a potent symbol of Palestinian solidarity since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, as the watermelon’s red, black and green are the same colors found on the Palestinian flag.

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[brer cat]

1. I don't suppose any thought went into planning that exhibit.

[betsuni]

2. K&R

[Ace Rothstein]

3. Sounds like indoctrination.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. It is.

Sadly, this is happening in many places.

[Cha]

4. "For a number of Jewish and Israeli families, seeing this highly charged symbol placed in the window of a second-grade

In a Berkeley public elementary school, for example, a second-grade teacher allegedly displayed a Palestinian flag in a classroom window in the days after Oct. 7. Students also wrote “stop bombing babies” on sticky notes, according to a complaint filed with the federal government by the nonprofit Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the Anti-Defamation League.

“For a number of Jewish and Israeli families, seeing this highly charged symbol placed in the window of a second-grade classroom right after the mass killing of Jews in Israel has felt threatening, hostile, and deeply upsetting,” the complaint said of the Palestinian flag.

I can only imagine how this affected Jewish Families.

Thank you and Many Thanks to the Anti Defamstion League!