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NYC schools to investigate teacher who praised Oct. 7 mastermind Sinwar
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe New York City public school system will investigate a teacher who praised the late Hamas terror leader Yahya Sinwar, The New York Post reports.
The teacher, Demien Neva, was an organizer of the anti-Israel boycott campaign at the Park Slope Food Coop.
Jewish members of the co-op in the affluent Brooklyn neighborhood filed a lawsuit against the co-op last week.
The lawsuit said that Neva told other anti-Israel co-op members, “Long live Yahya Al-Sinwar,” in a group chat.
Neva is a teacher at PS 77, a public school in Park Slope, The New York Post reports.
A US Education Department representative tells the outlet, “This allegation has been reported and referred for investigation, in accordance with Chancellor’s Regulations.”
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