NYC Principal Criticized Over Email Urging Staff to Promote Sanctions Against Israel

Pro-Palestinian protesters face off with a group of Israel supporters and police in a violent clash in Times Square on May 20, 2021 Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A Brooklyn middle school principal has come under fire for using her position to promote pro-Palestinian activism.

In an email sent Wednesday, Charles O. Dewey MS 136 principal Amanda Bueno encouraged teachers and administrators to “take a stand” on the side of Palestinians in the latest escalation between Israel and Palestinian jihadist groups in the Gaza Strip.