{"id":1982418,"date":"2023-07-25T16:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-calls-for-strikes-in-israel-over-judicial-reforms\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:16:46","slug":"randi-weingarten-calls-for-strikes-in-israel-over-judicial-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-calls-for-strikes-in-israel-over-judicial-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Randi Weingarten urges Israeli strikes against judicial reforms."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frandi-weingarten-calls-for-strikes-in-israel-over-judicial-reforms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>American Federation of Teachers President Calls for General Strike in Israel<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Randi Weingarten\"><br \/>\n      American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Randi \u2062Weingarten, the president of the second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-head-randi-weingarten-now-pleading-to-reopen-schools-full-time-in-the-fall\/\" title=\"Teachers Union Head Randi Weingarten Now \u2018Pleading\u2019 To Reopen Schools Full Time In The Fall\">-largest teachers\u2019 union<\/a> in the country, has taken a stand\u2064 on Israel&#8217;s \u2063judicial reform, urging for a &#8220;general strike&#8221; \u200dfollowing the passage of a law that limits the power of the \u200cSupreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m deeply moved by the fierce protests for democracy in Israel,&#8221; Weingarten, president of\u2064 the American Federation of Teachers, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1682739018797121537\">tweeted<\/a> Saturday morning. &#8220;I stand in solidarity with the protesters. Workers have NO rights without democracy. The time is now to get off the fence &#038; \u200btake a stand. If ever there was a time for a general strike in Israel, the time is \u2063now!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The law, which passed with a vote \u2062of 64-0 after opposition lawmakers abstained, removes the Supreme Court&#8217;s ability to strike down laws deemed &#8220;unreasonable.&#8221; This is the\u2063 first \u200cstep in a series of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-calls-for-strikes-in-israel-over-judicial-reforms\/\" title=\"Randi Weingarten urges Israeli strikes against judicial reforms.\">judicial\u200b reform bills proposed<\/a> by Prime Minister Benjamin \u200bNetanyahu and his allies, which have sparked \u2064widespread \u200cprotests across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The push to \u200bundermine democratic consensus in Israel by a right-wing, extreme government must be challenged,&#8221; Weingarten stated\u2064 in a press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/press-release\/we-continue-support-fight-democracy-israel\">release<\/a>. &#8220;We are encouraged by the Israeli public&#8217;s resistance and we pledge to do everything in our power to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-u-s-preparing-additional-actions-over-myanmar-military-coup\/\" title=\"White House: U.S. preparing \u2018additional actions\u2019 over Myanmar military coup\">pro-democracy protesters<\/a> and safeguard democracy in Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten&#8217;s comments on international judicial politics come at a time when students in the United States are grappling with learning loss \u2064due to the pandemic. Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/biden-admin-says-devastating-fall-in-kids-test-scores-due-to-pandemic-is-no-surprise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/biden-admin-says-devastating-fall-in-kids-test-scores-due-to-pandemic-is-no-surprise\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1689961004684000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0eyYfKE_lwcGYO-qoMwfYi\">data<\/a> from the National Assessment of Educational Progress reveals that test scores are at their lowest levels in decades. Math scores for 13-year-olds have dropped to their lowest point since 1990, while reading scores \u200bare the lowest since \u200b2004. In the midst of this educational crisis, Weingarten&#8217;s union recently held a conference to educate teachers on incorporating LGBTQIA+ ideology, racial \u2064equity, \u200band climate\u200d justice\u2064 into classrooms of all grade levels, \u200cas reported by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers&#8217; union has been working behind the scenes with the federal government to advocate for school closures during \u200cthe pandemic. A <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AFT-CDC-Interference-Interim-Report-3-30-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AFT-CDC-Interference-Interim-Report-3-30-2022.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1689961004684000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0_ze3Nuaa6kdPVXGldIYf5\">report<\/a> released by House Republicans last year revealed that the Centers for Disease \u200bControl allowed the AFT to influence school closure decisions. AFT-affiliated unions in \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/union-rejects-chicago-public-schools-final-offer-on-reopening?photo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/union-rejects-chicago-public-schools-final-offer-on-reopening?photo%3D1&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1689961004684000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3ThHHjwAS_McpToUF24d75\">Chicago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/11\/03\/dcps-n03.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/11\/03\/dcps-n03.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1689961004684000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1wKSBTvnA_Ht-k8UteGsHc\">Washington, \u2062D.C.<\/a>, and other cities kept schools closed until February 2021 and beyond. Weingarten has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1409986984479760386?s=20\">claimed<\/a> that she advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-goes-to-war-with-adam-carolla-after-he-calls-them-cowards\/\" title=\"Teachers\u2019 Union Goes To War With Adam Carolla After He Calls Them Cowards\">keeping schools open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe \u200cBiden has expressed his opposition to Netanyahu&#8217;s judicial \u200creform in recent months, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/israel-ignores-biden-and-passes-judicial-reforms\/\">stating<\/a> in March that he hopes the prime minister &#8220;walks away from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-ignores-biden-and-passes-judicial-reforms\/\" title=\"Israel passes judicial reforms, disregarding Biden.\">current judicial reform proposal<\/a> is only \u200ccausing more\u200d division,&#8221; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/23\/biden-netanyahu-judicial-overhaul-bill-israel-protests\">said<\/a> on Sunday. &#8220;Given the range of threats and challenges \u200bfacing Israel right now, it doesn&#8217;t make sense for Israeli\u2063 leaders to \u200brush this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to Biden&#8217;s comments, Netanyahu emphasized the sovereignty\u200d of his country, stating that Israel &#8220;makes its\u2062 decisions based on the \u200bwill of its people and not on\u200d external pressures, even from\u2064 our \u200bclosest allies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s judicial reform,&#8221; said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. She supports a &#8220;general strike&#8221; in response to the law limiting the Supreme Court&#8217;s authority. Weingarten acknowledges the powerful protests surrounding the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2083,"featured_media":1982419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}