“Debunked!! No music festival attack. Babies were not burned. Women were not violated,” she wrote on Facebook.
The world history teacher shared videos from conspiracy theorists and opinion columns from Arab media and took them as fact, vouching for one video that depicted Jews as killing Palestinians in order to cut their organs out and sell them.
“Palestinian’s [sic] are being killed and their organs are being sold,” wrote (Sabrina) Khan-Williams, who teaches in Bethesda, Maryland, which has a significant Jewish population.
Christopher Cram, a spokesman for MCPS, would not explain what the role of a “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Teacher” was, or how “inclusion” could encompass Khan-Williams’ comments. He did not condemn the rhetoric, and said parents and residents shouldn’t expect to hear any more on the issue.
On November 9, another Montgomery County school, Clarksburg High School, approved an anti-Israel demonstration on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, and emailed parents to let them know of the opportunity to join the protest. It was “approved by school leadership” and “Absences due to the participation in the walk-out will be excused,” Principal Edward Owusu wrote.
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