Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones isn’t the only that could have a rough week. Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger is having her work history brought into the light, having taught at a Saudi-run school post-9/11. The institution is a terrorist hub, with top Hamas officials sending their children there.
The school’s comptroller had ties to Hamas, so it shouldn’t shock anyone that graduates of this school, ISA, were on the radar of federal officials for possibly carrying out attacks against Israel. Spanberger worked at ISA between 2002-2003. Spanberger has not denied working here, even saying she was proud of her time here. Jerry Dunleavy of JustTheNews had a lengthy article about this school, its alumni, its shady history, and Spanberger’s employment:
A review by Just the News of hundreds of contemporary and historical news reports found that the following facts were widely-reported and well-established by the time that Spanberger chose to take her brief job at the ISA:
The school was controlled and funded by the Saudi government; Numerous local citizens in northern Virginia were opposed to the relocation and expansion of the ISA due to concerns about the school’s teachings, about its control by and funding from the Saudi government, and about the Saudi government’s human rights record;
A top leader of Hamas had sent his children to the school;
The school’s comptroller had been linked to Hamas;
Then-recent graduates of the school had come under suspicion by federal authorities of potentially seeking to carry out a suicide attack in Israel;
The school’s textbooks contained hateful language, including animosity toward non-Muslims and Jews in particular;
The ISA had withdrawn from membership in a major accreditation organization; and The ISA’s own website stated that it was controlled by the Saudi government and was guided by the Saudi Ministry of Education.
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It was reported in 1997 that Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, the first chairman of Hamas’s political bureau, had been living in northern Virginia while leading Hamas operations and had been sending his children to the Saudi academy.