NYC public school teacher labels Israel a ‘terrorist state’ and shares pro-Hamas paraglider photo online

A New York City public school math teacher has come under fire for sharing his staunch, anti-Israel views and even sharing a photo of a Hamas paraglider on Facebook along with his support of Palestine. 

Mohammad Jehad Ahmad, a math teacher at Gotham Tech High School in Queens, shared the paraglider-image on his Facebook page over the weekend. 

He had already slammed NYC’s public schools chancellor David Banks for condemning Hamas’ attack against Israel on October 7th, and tweeted that Israel was a ‘terror state’ that upholds white supremacy. 

Ahmad has since changed his Facebook cover photo to a different pro-Palestine image that does not include the paraglider

It remains unclear if the city’s Department of Education has disciplined him in any way, or whether it intends to allow him to keep his role. 

The Department did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s inquiries on Monday. 

Ahmad has defended his remarks and posts fastidiously, mocking Jews who have deemed them offensive.

‘How can Jews feel safe in Mohammad’s classroom?’ asked Justin Sprio, a New York City school social worker.

Doubling down: Ahmad defended his position in subsequent tweets and statements 

Ahmad has been a teacher at Gotham Tech High School since July. Before then, he worked at the Bronx Academy of Letters

Ahmad hit back: ‘Look at this clown and the others in his replies. So-called “Israel” is a settler colony that was invented and only continues to exist through terrorism, dispossession, ethnic cleansing, and ongoing incremental genocide. 

‘To support “Israel” is to support white supremacist terror.’

In a response to another outlet, Ahmad fumed: ‘So-called Israel was invented in 1948 through coordinated acts of terrorism to depopulate and ethnically cleanse Palestinian land. 

‘For over the past 75 years, so-called Israel has continued to exist through continued dispossession, ethnic cleansing and incremental genocide. 

In reference to the Hamas attack, he said: ‘On Saturday, Palestinians from Gaza completed a successful military campaign against that oppressor.’ 

When criticized by Jewish social worker Justin Spiro about how Jewish children might feel safe in his classroom, he called him a ‘clown’

He labeled reports of Hamas murdering children and babies as ‘unsubstantiated’, he continued: ‘So-called Israel is a white supremacist, settler-colony, that only exists through its ongoing dispossession, ethnic cleansing, and incremental genocide of the Palestinain people.’ 

Ahmad declined to answer DailyMail.com’s questions about his comments or whether he was still employed. 

Instead, he called DailyMail.com ‘predatory’ and the coverage of his remarks an ‘effort by mass media to silence anti-Zionist discourse.’ 

‘I choose not to answer questions that will continue to dehumanize and cause harm to me, my family, and those like us,’ he said. 

NYC’s universities have come under fire for allowing pro-Palestine rallies at some campuses in spite of complaints and requests from Jewish students asking for them to be canceled.

Since the attack on October 7, 1400 people have been killed in Israel and more than 2,300 have been killed in retaliatory strikes in Gaza.  

It remains unclear if the city’s Department of Education has disciplined him in any way, or whether it intends to allow him to keep his role