Condone Hamas : Consign Yourself to Lawful Ostracism
"I trust that the first question that we will ask any potential new hire or student from Toronto Metropolitan University is whether or not they signed the letter condoning Hamas.""They should also be advised that if they lie in response to that question it is grounds for dismissal for cause."Partner in Toronto law firm Levitt Sheikh
Students at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) held a rally on campus in support of Palestine on Friday. Sammy Kogan/TheEyeopener |
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interviews with students from Toronto Metropolitan University are being
cancelled -- targeting those students who had been unwise and
sufficiently unselective while planning a future in law to sign a
clearly antisemitic letter in the guise of an October 20 petition
declaring support for "all forms" of Palestinian resistance, while
denying Israel's right of existence. In total 74 students at the
university's Lincoln Alexander School of Law signed the letter that is
now coming back to haunt them.
Those
students have identifying names that once disclosed will feature
prominently on a Google search. Prospective employers, even to accepting
them as articling law students are highly unlikely to be impressed,
envisioning how embarrassing it might be for their law firm to hire such
impulsive people whose view of justice has been clearly corrupted by
their underlying hatred of a minority who also just happen to feature
prominently in the law profession.
There
has been a frenzy of activity among many of the TMU law students, busy
deleting their presence on social media in the hope that they can evade
being identified. Their logic is also askew; should they not be clearly
identifiable, all of the other law school students stand a risk of being
considered to have taken part in this despicable display of anti-Jew
hate, preferencing a terrorist group's sadistically gruesome murders to
celebrate.
The
legal community failed to be impressed when the university responded to
criticism, assuring its many critics it plans to commission an
investigation, and is committed to following any recommendations that
may ensue from such an enquiry into the matter. Workplace investigations
do not enjoy a high reputation. They are primarily viewed as
time-wasters so that as time goes by the issues will be set aside,
forgotten, scandal averted.
Committing
to such investigations reveals the scenario of those appointing it,
depending on the appearance of having done something about an unpleasant
incident, the fallout of which they want no part of, viewing the
necessity of distancing themselves from both the event and the
responsibility that onlookers attribute to them. The fairly universal
acknowledgement that investigators end up writing reports favourable to
those who hire their services to ensure they will receive future
assignments, relegates their findings to the dustbin.
The
students who committed the rash decision to dignify a death cult and in
so doing revealing their deep-seated problem of antisemitism have
revealed character flaws that in and of themselves reflect a mind
unsuited to the practise of law. Should they have been induced to sign
the letter, just to have the approval of those they admire and like to
be around, it would revealing of a similar lack of character, the
incapacity to think logically and respect reality.
Those
that join rallies or emphatically state their approval of them when
chants of "From the River to the Sea Palestine will be Free" are either
unwittingly or knowingly extolling the virtues of the violent overthrow
of a legitimate, democratic country. As such proving themselves
ineligible to practise law. Particularly in a country where the
terrorist group whose brutality they approve of and methods they extol
appears on a national federally proscribed terrorist list.
"Our law schools . . . training the next generation of officers of the court, must not tolerate students who publicly justify the most heinous acts of terrorism.""This hateful screed is antithetical to the rule of law and those who endorsed it must have no future role within our judicial system. We have written to TMU and fully expect it to do the only reasonable thing and expel all signatories to this despicable letter."Michael Mostyn, B’nai Brith Canada CEO
The renamed Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), formerly known as Ryerson University in Toronto on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette |
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