UK school that blocked visit from Jewish MP now fires its diversity boss who hailed Hamas as ‘heroes’

The “resistance” is a Palestinian mission to annihilate Israel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, as outlined in the Palestinian National Charter. It is disguised with propaganda, although occasionally the mask slips, as it did at Cabot Learning Federation in Bristol after its Muslim diversity boss hailed Hamas as heroes.

First came blocking Jewish MP Damien Egan from visiting the Bristol Brunel Academy, after “pro-Palestinian” protesters and union members opposed his visit to the school, for fear of “provoking” enraged pro-Hamas activists, despite whatever sanitized excuse the school presented. But the truth came out about what’s governing that school. Having Saima Akhtar, who was the diversity co-ordinator for Cabot Learning Federation (CLF), a trust which runs the school, call Hamas “heroes fighting for justice” on October 7 was a bit too much for the school to bear, even in Britain’s current state.

“Bristol news: School that blocked Jewish MP sacks diversity leader over ‘heroes’ Hamas remarks,” by Susanna Siddell, GB News, April 14, 2026:

A Bristolian school, which blocked a visit from a Jewish MP, has sacked its diversity leader after she hailed Hamas as “heroes”.

Saima Akhtar, who was the diversity co-ordinator for Cabot Learning Federation (CLF), a trust which runs the school, branded the terrorists as “heroes fighting for justice” in the wake of the October 7 attacks.

Bristol Brunel Academy first came under fire last September after it postponed a visit from the constituency’s representative, Damien Egan.

The education institution put off the planned drop-in from the Jewish MP after pro-Palestine protesters and union members threatened to rally against the visit.

The activists cited what they described as “safeguarding concerns” and stressed the MP’s role as vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel.

The now-unemployed Ms Akhtar also sat on the academy council for the school, a board which scrutinises the institution’s academic quality, pupils’ safeguarding and the overall wellbeing of staff.

But, in a string of damning social media posts, Ms Akhtar was revealed to have told individuals to turn a blind-eye to “media attempts to paint Israel as a victim” the day after Hamas murdered more than 1,200 men, women and children in the massacre.

CLF subsequently launched an investigation into the employee after The Times pinpointed the offending online declarations….