Background:
Debbie Almontaser, the ex-principal of the Khalil Gibran academy in Brooklyn, said she was forced out by the NYC Board of Education. Why? Because she claimed that the word "intifada" on a t-shirt referred to women's empowerment, rather than the protracted violent uprising/terror spree perpetrated by arabs against civilian Jews in Israel.
Frankly, if her decision to say what she did was purely poor judgement, it was REALLY poor judgement and she deserved to be booted. If, on the other hand, it was to further an agenda, she deserved to be booted.
Anyway, she says she's all for understanding and building bridges, against bigotry of all kinds, loves puppies, yadda yadda, blah blah.
Except, she donated TWO GRAND to Cynthia McKinney &0151; the same Cynthia McKinney who blamed her defeat in a congressional race in Georgia on a Jewish conspiracy; the same Cynthia McKinney who courts Islamists for cash and influence. Why would an educator in New York give a rip &0151; a two thousand dollar rip, mind you &0151; about a Georgia congressional seat?
Debbie Almontaser is planning on suing the City of New York. I hope ALL of this comes to light &0151; and sheds some of it on the Khalil Gibran Academy, which she fought to establish.
Oct. 25, 2007 update: McKinney is long out of office, but her Islamist legacy continues to interest me. Indeed, I have just learned from Federal Election Commission records about a political contribution to her made on June 7, 2004:
D.S. Almontaser
719 Westminister Rd
Brooklyn, New York
Dept of Education
06/07/2004
2000.00
Educator
2000.00
Comment: (1) Another document dating from September 2006, "Volunteers Needed for Humanitarian Day - New York, NY @ 10.14.06,"confirms that this "D.S. Almontaser" is the same person who served as principal-designate of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, for it gives her address as:
Debbie Almontaser
Cultural Diversity Consultant
719 Westminster Rd.
Brooklyn, New York
11230
Home: 718-421-6299
Mobile: 917-559-8480
(2) $2,000 is a sizeable gift for a teacher to give. Note that none of those listed in the Aug. 23, 2004 update above gave as much as she did. Even Ray Irani, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Occidental Petroleum, donated only $1,000.
(3) This provides yet another indication of Almontaser's Islamist leanings, for her donation fits her in with a great number of others of this same description.
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