The Colorado High School basketball coach raised the Palestinian flag during the Jewish school, then refused to shake hands with the coach on the other side, and now facing a rebound, American media reported on Tuesday. Ta.
Jewish Community Relations Council Brandon Lattiner has been identified as coaches mainly as coaches in the Aurora Lotus School and Denver Academy of Tollar basketball match last Wednesday. He said there was a problem. Shake hands after the game.
On behalf of the Denver Academy of Tollar, Latiner said his actions were disappointed and very shocking.
“I think everyone in the Jewish community knows that the tide of anti -Semitism has been increasing since October 7,” he said in an interview. “And we’ve seen it here and schools all over the country on many different opportunities.”
Participants in the game said that the Palestine flag was hanging on the upgrade. Some parents who were participating in the game said that some members of the basketball team were following the coach lead and did not shake hands with Jewish basketball students.
“The important problem here is when the coach refuses to be involved with Jewish coaches and Jewish students. He is personally responsible for the dispute, not by Israel.
“It is anti -Jewish textbook format to be responsible for the national behavior of Israel.”
The Lotus School was investigated and paused the coach
Hermek Bakito, a Lotus secondary principal, told the CBS news that the school took action immediately and stopped the coach.
“The coach’s single act does not represent what we support,” said Bakito. “I have never seen a flag hanging in the previous game. This was an isolated case, and I took action immediately.”
The next day, Denver’s Jewish school demanded a meeting with Lotus.
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Latiner states: “There were really good conversations and health conversations, and they have been a solution to work at both schools. There was an open line of communication and mutual understanding. This is the moment of education, just instead of fanning. The flames of Vitriol and Division Online together worked together to find a solution to everyone’s experience. ”
