New Jersey Teen Accused of 'Bullying' for Anti-Israel Tweets
Jewish high school student from New Jersey was accused of “bullying” and threatened with expulsion by school administrators for posting anti-Israel Tweets, angering pro-Palestinian groups and free speech advocates.
Bethany Koval, 16 of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, known as Benny to her Twitter followers, was summoned to the principal’s office for posting a series of tweets showing her support for Palestine. Koval is Israeli.
Gothamist reports that Koval was targeted this week because of a specific tweet in which she expressed happiness for a fellow student unfollowing her. She then told another student she would direct message the name of the girl who unfollowed her. To administrators at Fair Lawn High School, this interaction constituted bullying.
Read more: http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/328945/new-jersey-teen-accused-of-bullying-for-anti-israel-tweets/#ixzz3wbe9mWxy
Hamas is not extreme: Hamas is just painted that way Hateful rhetoric against Hamas is what allowed the Gaza bombing
https://t.co/eprM2ahGHV
— benny (@bendykoval) December 23, 2015
Classy supporter of Hamas. So it's no wonder Mondoweiss came to her rescue.
http://mondoweiss.net/2016/01/teenager-threatened-palestine
I'm sure it won't be long before she starts writing articles for Mondoweiss.