Ayman Dlash, UNRWA West Bank Teacher, Supports Hamas

Ayman Dlash lists himself as a West Bank UNRWA employee. His Facebook profile, includes a post affirming that he is a teacher, as well as photos of him among his students at the UNRWA Jalazoun Elementary School for Boys. Dlash’s profile also contains a post about the UNRWA Staff Union in the West Bank. In addition, Dlash’s profile contains several photos of math exercises, suggesting that his students follow him on Facebook.

In this August 2020 image, Ayman Dlash celebrates the release from prison of his Hamas brother Muhammad Ayoub Dalaysha bysharing this Hamas poster wishing Dalaysha “warmest congratulations and blessings” on his release. Muhammad Dalaysha had beenarrested for his Hamas activities in the West Bank.

Dlash appears to be from a Hamas family. The top right image pictures Dlash with a group of Hamas members, including his Hamas brothers Muhammad and Maher. The bottom right image shows the middle person in the group photo—Maher Dalaysha—wearing a Hamas scarf. UNRWA teacher Ayman Dlash commented on that photo, calling Maher “beloved of the people.” In a previouspost from 2015, Dlash is pictured taking his Hamas brother Maher and another friend to visit his UNRWA school.

Translation of Image text:

He was truly kind to me when He freed me from prison

Celebration of the prison release

Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement)— Ramallah & Al-Bira District offers its warmest congratulations and blessings from the released prisoner,Muhammad Ayoub Dalaysha, the Jalazoun refugee camp, on the occasion of hisrelease from the prisons of the occupation, after a ten-month incarceration.

Date of release: September 3, 2020

Photo of Dlash with Hamas Member Brothers Muhammad and Maher.

Photo of Hamas Member Brother Maher with Hamas Flag.