Seattle Times Reports AIM Video Triggered Firing of Seattle Teacher Ian Golash
July 7, 2025
Seattle Public Schools has decided to terminate a high school teacher who said the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel was justified and questioned whether women had been raped.
Ian Golash, who is listed as the social studies department chair at Chief Sealth International High School, was placed on administrative leave on April 11, 2024. As of Wednesday evening, he was still listed on the school’s website.
“Seattle Public Schools has initiated the process to terminate Ian Golash’s employment,” the district said in an email Wednesday.
According to Seattle Schools, Golash has appealed the decision and will remain on administrative leave during that process.
Golash could not immediately be reached for comment.
The district’s move to terminate Golash was first reported by a conservative talk radio host on KTTH-AM (770), Jason Rantz.
Golash was put on administrative leave in 2024 after Accuracy in Media, a conservative-leaning advocacy group with an ongoing campaign to expose antisemitism on campuses, posted a video interview with him. The teacher was already facing criticism for Facebook posts that questioned accounts of the Oct. 7 attack.