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HS basketball coach suspended after hanging up Palestinian flag, refusing to shake hands with Jewish coaches

The coach of a high school basketball in Colorado was interrupted after seeing the Palestinian flag and refused to shake hands with the other coach following the Jewish school last week. It was interrupted.

Lotus School and Denvertorer Academy for Aurora and Denver's Excellence competed on January 22. Denver 9 News The team's head coach was identified only with the coach O., brought out the Palestine flag before the game and applied it.

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The Palestine flag is flying in the blue sky on the flagpole. (ISTOCK)

The school said that after the match, the coach responded to the flag again before going to the handshake line. It is reported that the coach did not shake hands with the Denver Torel coach.

“He grabs the flag and puts it on his neck,” said Lotus School's exercise director Deon Jackson. “I saw the intention at that time.”

According to the New York Post, the school principal, Emlek Bakito, announced that the coach had stopped with another assistant coach.

“It has nothing to do with Lotus,” said Bakito. “It's not what we represent us, we repeat, but about respect and diversity. That is what we celebrate. That is what we are proud of.”

Brandon Latiner, a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council, accused the coach in an interview. New York Post

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“I think everyone in the Jewish community knows that the anti -Semitism has been increasing since October 7,” said Denver Torel, who said in this paper. I talked. “And we've seen it here and schools all over the country on many different opportunities.”

Latiner added that the “important problem” was when the coach refused to shake the Jewish coach.

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Both coaches and assistant coaches were stopped. (Lancing/Getty Image)

“The important problem here is when the coach refuses to interact with Jewish coaches and Jews, half of the thousands of miles, not by Israel, not by Israel. He is not a dispute, but to be responsible for the dispute.

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“It is anti -Jewish textbook format to be responsible for the national behavior of Israel.”

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