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Palestinian-American nurse loses job at NYU after speech

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyu-nurse-fired-speech-decrying-genocide-gaza-report

She said in her speech "I am proud to represent my mother’s and my grandmother’s upbringing through our tradition which obliges us to always hold space for warmth and compassion for all humans" while decrying the "genocide" happening in the Hamas-controlled areas.

She apparently didn't say thing one about holding space for warmth and compassion for the Israelis that Hamas slaughtered on October 7.

I read that article, and went to her IG post to hear her say:

As a Palestinian American Muslim woman in this country, I am proud to represent my mother’s and my grandmother’s upbringing through our tradition which obliges us to always hold space for warmth and compassion for all humans. It pains me to see the women from my country going through unimaginable losses themselves during the current genocide in Gaza, This award is deeply personal to me for those reasons. Even though I can’t hold their hands and comfort them as they grieve their unborn children and the children they have lost during this genocide, I hope to keep making them proud as I keep representing them here at NYU.

And I was like:  Really?  That's it?  Maybe not super appropriate for work, but firing offense?  Seems an overreaction.

Then I got farther into the article and got to:

Hesen Jabr was warned in December, following a previous incident, not to bring her views on this divisive and charged issue into the workplace," Ritea said in a statement. "She instead chose not to heed that at a recent employee recognition event that was widely attended by her colleagues, some of whom were upset after her comments. As a result, Jabr is no longer an NYU Langone employee.

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According to the Times, however, Jabr has detailed on Facebook heated exchanges over politics on the labor and delivery floor of the hospital in recent months.

"The pure psychological warfare NYU has waged on me as a nurse, Muslim, Palestinian, and woman, has only left me resolute," Jabr wrote in one post.

Jabr's activism has dated back decades, according to the Times. When Jabr was an 11-year-old growing up in Louisiana, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 2001 filed a lawsuit on behalf of the "Muslim girl who was humiliated when she refused to accept a Bible handed out by her public school principal."

Oooh,  I get it now.  She's one of those that can't STFU, no matter what.  Good on NYU for doing the paperwork and getting out of that toxic relationship.

Herrera lost by less than 500 votes

The Establishment Ekes Out a Win in TX-23
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2024/05/29/the-establishment-ekes-out-a-win-in-tx-23-n1225058

Hopefully in 2 years he beats the snot out of Gonzales in the election.

I'd like to think the Congressman will learn a lesson by having nearly lost his seat, but I'm guessing that's not going to happen.

Based on what he was spewing before the election I highly doubt it and I think it's more of a case of he thinks the more democrat the better despite that R next to his name.

Herrera lost by less than 500 votes

The Establishment Ekes Out a Win in TX-23
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2024/05/29/the-establishment-ekes-out-a-win-in-tx-23-n1225058

Good. America needs him to concentrate on the AK-50.

I'd like to think the Congressman will learn a lesson by having nearly lost his seat, but I'm guessing that's not going to happen.

Herrera lost by less than 500 votes

The Establishment Ekes Out a Win in TX-23
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2024/05/29/the-establishment-ekes-out-a-win-in-tx-23-n1225058