JEWISH BOY, 12, FORCED TO KNEEL DOWN AND KISS SHOES OF MUSLIM CLASSMATE in Melbourne, Austalia

[Anonymous]

No discipline for the Muslim student.

Jewish boy was coerced into kneeling in front of a Muslim boy and kissing his shoes, with peers threatening to swarm the 12-year-old if he failed to comply. The bullying was filmed and photographed, and then shared on social media.



The children involved were students at Cheltenham Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia. It is an example of the "rapidly spreading" incidence of anti-Semitic bullying in Australian schools, the Anti-Defamation Commission told local newspaper, The Age.





The mother of the victim has since spoken to the parents of the Muslim student, telling journalists they were horrified by what they heard.



"We sat down, his parents, the two boys and myself, around the table and explained the velocity of [the bullying] and what it meant to us as parents as far as building bridges between Jews and Muslims in society and not creating division like that photo does," she told The Age.



However, staff at Cheltenham Secondary College have failed to take disciplinary measures against the initiators of the bullying, his mother said.



When approached, the school apparently denied responsibility, saying the incident took place in a park outside the faculty's grounds—although one of the students involved as an onlooker has since received a suspension for five days.



This suspension was not related to the original incident but followed an assault against the same Jewish student, which left him with a bruised back and injury on his shoulder, his mother told The Age. She has now taken her son out of the school.

https://www.newsweek.com/civil-rights-groups-anti-semitic-bullying-rising-schools-melbourne-australia-1463171">https://www.newsweek.com/civil-rights-g ... ia-1463171">https://www.newsweek.com/civil-rights-groups-anti-semitic-bullying-rising-schools-melbourne-australia-1463171

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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It's bullying, but we don't know it's anti-semitism.

[Anonymous]

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It's bullying, but we don't know it's anti-semitism.

This isn't about anti semitism. It's about Islamic privilege.

[Anonymous]

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It's bullying, but we don't know it's anti-semitism.

This isn't about anti semitism. It's about Islamic privilege.

I don't see it IHJ.

[Anonymous]

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It's bullying, but we don't know it's anti-semitism.

This isn't about anti semitism. It's about Islamic privilege.

I don't see it IHJ.

Most people don't. And that is a big problem.

[Odinson]

That boys ancestors were jewish ghetto police.

[Anonymous]

That boys ancestors were jewish ghetto police.

wow

[Anonymous]

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It's bullying, but we don't know it's anti-semitism.

This isn't about anti semitism. It's about Islamic privilege.

You don't know that Jock. Probably just a simple case of bigger kids bullying smaller kids.

[Anonymous]

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It's bullying, but we don't know it's anti-semitism.

This isn't about anti semitism. It's about Islamic privilege.

You don't know that Jock. Probably just a simple case of bigger kids bullying smaller kids.

Of course he would jump to that conclusion. I went to high school with Muslims. None of them made me kiss their shoes.

[Gaon]

No discipline for the Muslim student.

Jewish boy was coerced into kneeling in front of a Muslim boy and kissing his shoes, with peers threatening to swarm the 12-year-old if he failed to comply. The bullying was filmed and photographed, and then shared on social media.



The children involved were students at Cheltenham Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia. It is an example of the "rapidly spreading" incidence of anti-Semitic bullying in Australian schools, the Anti-Defamation Commission told local newspaper, The Age.





The mother of the victim has since spoken to the parents of the Muslim student, telling journalists they were horrified by what they heard.



"We sat down, his parents, the two boys and myself, around the table and explained the velocity of [the bullying] and what it meant to us as parents as far as building bridges between Jews and Muslims in society and not creating division like that photo does," she told The Age.



However, staff at Cheltenham Secondary College have failed to take disciplinary measures against the initiators of the bullying, his mother said.



When approached, the school apparently denied responsibility, saying the incident took place in a park outside the faculty's grounds—although one of the students involved as an onlooker has since received a suspension for five days.



This suspension was not related to the original incident but followed an assault against the same Jewish student, which left him with a bruised back and injury on his shoulder, his mother told The Age. She has now taken her son out of the school.

https://www.newsweek.com/civil-rights-groups-anti-semitic-bullying-rising-schools-melbourne-australia-1463171">https://www.newsweek.com/civil-rights-g ... ia-1463171">https://www.newsweek.com/civil-rights-groups-anti-semitic-bullying-rising-schools-melbourne-australia-1463171

i read about this on Israeli news.

[Berry Sweet]

It's degrading, if anything.  That's nasty behaviour, period.

[Anonymous]

It's degrading, if anything.  That's nasty behaviour, period.

Yes, I agree Berry.