Parents and advocates are calling on the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board to address anti-Palestinian racism after hateful graffiti was found last week at a local high school.

“It's one thing to hear about it, but it's another to see the pictures,” said one parent of a Palestinian student at Brookfield High School.

The images depicted in one of the school’s washrooms included a drawing of a pig with the word "Allah" written above it, derogatory and offensive language targeting Palestinians, and a swastika.

CBC has decided not to publish photos of the graffiti or the identity of the parent, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern for her son's safety.

“It felt extremely infuriating and disgusting to see so much hate in our school system,” she said, adding that her so

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