DSA candidate interned at Hamas ‘greenhouse’ school infamous for terrorist recruitment

Published July 22, 2026 7:00am ET | Updated July 22, 2026 8:02am ET



New York socialist House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier interned at a Hamas-linked West Bank school before returning to America to portray her country as evil.

Avila Chevalier taught “professional competency courses” at An-Najah National University between May 2014 and July 2014, according to her LinkedIn profile and comments to the press. International watchdog and Israeli government reports flagged An-Najah as a hub for terrorist recruitment and radicalization before and after her visit, with students staging a giant Hamas-themed graduation during her stay. Hamas had even recognized An-Najah — a public campus under the Palestinian Authority — as a “greenhouse for martyrs,” according to Anti-Defamation League translations archived in 2013.

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