Palestinian teacher up for Global @TeacherPrize romanticizes violence (update)

From IMEMC News:

Palestinian teacher Rana Ziada, from al-Zahra School, in Gaza, has been chosen among the 50 shortlisted for the world’s best teacher prize.

Ziada is competing for the best teacher, in the US $1 million Global Teacher Prize, which is carried out by Varkey Foundation.

Here are pictures from her Facebook page that romanticize violence:

She also recently featured this picture of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar:

I didn't know that teachers who teach their kids violence were praiseworthy.

UPDATE: On her nomination page, it says, "In 2004 Rana started work as a teacher in the East Gaza area of Palestine, an area near the dividing line with the occupied territories."

Meaning that the Global Teacher Prize considers all of Israel to be "occupied territories." (And, interestingly, since this text was clearly submitted by the teacher herself, she doesn't consider Gaza to be occupied!)

(h/t Mat2580)

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