Georgia teacher arrested after allegedly saying he would cut student’s head off after she objected to his Israeli flag

Georgia teacher arrested after allegedly saying he would cut student’s head off after she objected to his Israeli flag

A schoolteacher in the US state of Georgia was arrested after allegedly threatening to behead a student who expressed taking offense over his Israeli flag, according to authorities.

Benjamin Reese’s arrest at the middle school named after the town of Warner Robins occurred on after a student approached and told him she was offended by the Israeli flag hanging in his classroom, the local news station WMAZ reported, citing a police account of the case.

Reese, a seventh-grade social studies teacher, allegedly replied that he was a Jew and had relatives who lived in Israel. The student said “Israelis killing Palestinians” made the flag offensive, which prompted Reese to accuse her of being antisemitic.

    • sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
      142·
      11 months ago

      This comment is blatant anti-semitism. Defending Hitler right out in the open?

      I’m beginning to think that the Jews might be right about rising anti-semitism.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      The Israeli government is fucked up, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish. They aren’t the first apartheid state, and they won’t be the last. They are the only Jewish one as far as I’m aware, so it must not be related to which religion you follow.