School Speech Pathologist in Texas Terminated For Refusing to Sign Israel Oath

A children's speech pathologist who has worked for the last nine years with developmentally disabled, autistic and speech-impaired elementary school students in Austin, Texas, has been told she can no longer work with the public school district after she refused to sign an oath vowing that she "does not" and "will not" engage in a boycott of Israel.

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