Celebrated NYC Nurse Fired After Highlighting Gaza Genocide in Speech

New York City labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr

HAVANA TIMES – In New York, a labor and delivery nurse has been fired by her hospital after she gave a speech expressing solidarity with Palestinian mothers and referring to the war in Gaza as a “genocide.” Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, made the comments earlier this month as she accepted an award from NYU Langone for her compassionate care while treating patients who had just lost their babies.

Hesen Jabr: “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. Thank you.”

Hesen Jabr says she was fired on her first day back to work after receiving the award.

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2 thoughts on “Celebrated NYC Nurse Fired After Highlighting Gaza Genocide in Speech

  • The problem is that the hamas did some very bad things to people. Until the people in Palestine get rid the Hamas more bad things will happen on both sides. In Canada which was a Christian based country with the Lord’s prayer to start the school day in primary school and a minister come for a hour per week in the classroom up until a very short time ago. We now have people from other faiths that want a prayer room and the rules changed. In the United States this is causing many people to turn against these people from other faiths and asking that they not be allowed in Canada and the United States.

  • So called freedom of speech. We know who controls the United States.

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