A teacher was fired in San Diego, California, after uploading an antisemitic video saying that “Israelis steal kidneys, livers, and eyes,” N12 reported on Saturday.
A former member of the San Diego Unified School District in California, the teacher, identified as Nasreen Atassi, was removed from the staff after the Jewish community pressured the authorities. “There’s no chance we would allow such a person to enter classrooms,” a local Israeli told N12.
According to StopAntisemitism, Atassi was a special education teacher.
In the shared video, the teacher claimed that Israel “stole the protests, like they always steal from people – including body parts such as kidneys, livers, and eyes.” The declaration came as a reference to American Jews‘ support for demonstrations by Iranians in the US.
In a declaration to N12, Dr. Halevi Feldman, a board member representing House of Israel – Balboa Park, shared the information that the House’s community has a person responsible for collecting data regarding antisemitism cases. This source, who prefers to remain anonymous, documents the antisemitic acts and “passes them on to the relevant authorities.”
Feldman noted that the community’s actions were mostly responsible for getting Atassi punished. By sharing the case online, responding to posts, tagging the authorities, and sending complaints to the body employing the former teacher, the complaint against the antisemitic video ended in the firing decision.
Atassi was removed from the education body less than a day from the time the video was shared online, said Feldman, explaining that “additional steps were taken behind the scenes” for it to happen.
He added that the House of Israel community was not surprised to encounter the video, “We’re no longer shocked when we see things like this, but we absolutely do not intend to give up or remain silent, and certainly not to allow such a person to be part of San Diego’s education system.”