The diversity and inclusion co-ordinator at a Bristol school which cancelled a visit from a Jewish MP has lost her job after The Times revealed she had described Hamas terrorists who carried out the October 7 massacre in Israel as “heroes fighting for justice”. Saima Akhtar was inclusion and diversity co-ordinator for Cabot Learning Federation (CLF), a multi-academy trust which runs Bristol Brunel Academy. The school was criticised for suspending a visit by Damien Egan, a Labour MP in the city and vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, in September after learning of planned protests by National Education Union (NEU)...
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