US hospitals fire doctor, nurse for anti-Israel vitriol
Mount Sinai's Lila Abassi said Hamas terrorists were "freedom fighters" while Camesha Hart of Portland called advocates of Israel vermin.
(March 31, 2025 / JNS)
New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital fired a physician earlier this month for allegedly celebrating Hamas terrorists, and, in a separate case, a hospital in Portland, Ore., fired a nurse for similar reasons.
The incidents are among several cases since Oct. 7, 2023, involving anti-Israel vitriol expressed by health professionals, including two nurses in Sydney, Australia, who are standing trial for telling an Israeli in February that they would not treat him but would instead kill him. These cases have raised concerns that Jews and Israelis face discrimination in their health systems.
Dr. Lila Abassi, an assistant professor of medicine at the hospital in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood, was fired from her teaching position after pro-Hamas posts that she made on social networks were brought to her bosses’ attention, the New York Post reported on Saturday.
She reportedly called Hamas terrorists “noble resistance and freedom fighters.” A Mount Sinai spokesperson told the Post that she had been let go.
The nurse from Portland, Camesha Hart, shared a photo on Instagram of Israeli troops and the comment, “May they all meet their ancestors soon!” In arguments with pro-Israel users, she called them vermin and said she wouldn’t treat them if they needed her medical services.
https://www.jns.org/us-hospitals-fire-doctor-nurse-for-anti-israel-vitriol/