School Union Head Alleges Hamas Attacks Justified

EXCLUSIVE — The union chapter leader for a New York City school is under fire from teachers and members of Congress for sending an email to colleagues alleging “illegal Israeli colonialist occupation” is what “led to” the deadly Hamas terrorist attacks against the Jewish state.

The Oct. 17 email by speech teacher Judi Cheng at M.S. 131 Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a middle school in New York City’s Chinatown, is raising alarm bells among educators, many of whom have contacted the principal, Benjamin Geballe, to express concerns over antisemitism. Cheng, the school’s representative for the United Federation of Teachers, sent it to union members and claimed she was “speaking only for myself, from a personal point of view, not as chapter Leader,” according to communications obtained by the Washington Examiner. (Excerpt from the Washington Examiner.)