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MoCo Teacher On Leave After Antisemitic Social Media Posts: Reports [Maryland]
Patch ^ | Nov 16, 2023 at 2:11 pm ET | Megan VerHelst, Patch Staff

Posted on 12/04/2023 9:04:48 AM PST by Red Badger

A teacher at Tilden Middle School in Rockville was placed on leave after parents reported the posts to school officials, reports said.

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ROCKVILLE, MD — A teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools was placed on administrative leave after she was accused of posting antisemitic messages on social media and claiming the October attack by Hamas on Israel was a hoax, according to multiple reports.

Sabrina Khan-Williams, a world studies teacher at Tilden Middle School in Rockville, was placed on leave after parents reported the posts to school officials, according to a WTOP report. Khan-Williams also teaches diversity, equity and inclusion classes at the school.

Parents Emily Proffitt told WTOP that screenshots of the posts were shared in a group chat among parents.

"She's posting things that are akin to the Holocaust deniers. She's posting denial of a massacre that occurred on Oct. 7," Proffitt told the station.

The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its sixth week, was triggered by a wide-ranging Hamas attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7 in which the militants killed over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and captured some 240 men, women and children.

Israel responded with a weekslong air campaign and a ground invasion of northern Gaza, vowing to remove Hamas from power and crush its military capabilities.

More than 11,200 Palestinians have been killed, two-thirds of them women and minors, according to Palestinian health authorities. Another 2,700 have been reported missing, with most believed to be buried under the rubble. The official count does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths, and Israel says it has killed thousands of militants.

According to screenshots of the social media posts obtained by The Washington Post, Khan-Williams said, "Palestinian's are being killed and their organs are being sold. How is real life scarier than the movies??"

Another read, "Debunked! No music festival attack. Babies were not burned. Women were not violated. Hospitals were attacked on purpose," the Post reported.

Tilden principal Sapna Hopkins wrote to parents Monday and addressed the posts, though she didn't mention the staff member by name, according to the Post's report.

"These social media posts have undermined our school's values of respect and belonging," Hopkins wrote. "I understand the deep distress and hurt this incident has caused our community."

She added, "A strict process governs our response to this matter, and any actions resulting from an investigation will be considered a personnel matter."

A Montgomery County Public Schools spokesperson did not immediately return Patch's request for comment.


TOPICS: Government; History; Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitic; dei; domesticenemies; education; israel; maryland

1 posted on 12/04/2023 9:04:48 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: metmom; SJackson; Jewbacca

Ping!.......................


2 posted on 12/04/2023 9:05:18 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Another of those Amish teachers up to it again?


3 posted on 12/04/2023 9:06:50 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Red Badger

Off topic, but noting there are DEI classes in middle school nowadays. What the heck? There were no such classes back when I was in school decades ago.


4 posted on 12/04/2023 9:08:51 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Red Badger

“Khan-Williams also teaches diversity, equity and inclusion classes at the school.”

I figured it was something like that.


5 posted on 12/04/2023 9:09:34 AM PST by jeffersondem
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To: Dilbert San Diego

State legislatures controlled by Democrats are mandating them all across the country..................


6 posted on 12/04/2023 9:09:51 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Should have just attacked white people and went for the promo.


7 posted on 12/04/2023 9:15:29 AM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: Red Badger

I will be very surprised if she is actually fired.


8 posted on 12/04/2023 9:15:54 AM PST by marron
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To: Red Badger

She needs a free helicopter ride.
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9 posted on 12/04/2023 9:18:35 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Red Badger

“More than 11,200 Palestinians have been killed, two-thirds of them women and minors, according to Palestinian health authorities.”

I thought we’re up to 40,000 civilians killed, with no actual Hamas fighters killed.


10 posted on 12/04/2023 9:22:06 AM PST by Theo (FReeping since 1997 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Red Badger

They will simply wait until things cool down then reinstate her. Nothing to see here. Move on.


11 posted on 12/04/2023 9:36:03 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Land is simply a place I visit until I can return to the sea.)
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To: Red Badger

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12 posted on 12/04/2023 9:58:07 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: sauropod

Wait! that Washington liberal POS representative said there were over 15,000 PaLIS killed...Can anyone get their stories straight? Really, these Pro-Terrorists are in desperate need of recusal from US Society...Give them a 1-way ticket to Gaza and let them protest over there!


13 posted on 12/04/2023 10:03:37 AM PST by princess leah
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To: OttawaFreeper; 6amgelsmama; 100American; AAABEST; aberaussie; AbolishCSEU; AccountantMom; ...

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14 posted on 12/04/2023 10:11:45 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Red Badger

Montgomery County used to have an excellent education system!

That was then—this is now!


15 posted on 12/04/2023 11:09:32 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Red Badger

Typical hyphenated name crazy prog woman. Color me surprised.


16 posted on 12/04/2023 11:19:27 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: Red Badger

i would imagine they all are or their fed funding is in jeopardy


17 posted on 12/04/2023 12:03:28 PM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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