Electronic Intifada:
"In her acceptance speech at the award ceremony, which by chance fell on Jabr’s birthday, she talked about the thousands of Palestinian mothers whose children have been killed in Israel’s genocidal military onslaught on the Gaza Strip, suggesting to her audience that they try to feel their pain as they do the pain of grieving mothers in New York.
She closed her speech by saying: '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.'
These were words that would come back to bite her. At her next shift at the hospital, instead of getting to work with her patients, she was summoned to the office of the hospital’s president and vice president of nursing. Right away, she told The Electronic Intifada, they scolded her about 'ruining the ceremony' and 'putting others at risk' and 'offending people.'
'It’s because you mentioned genocide,' she said they told her. 'It’s bringing up Palestine. It’s fine you mentioned your mother and your grandmother. You should’ve stopped there.' And that is how Jabr’s exemplary, award-winning nursing career at NYU Langone ended: a plainclothes police officer removed her from the hospital. Not for getting caught stealing narcotics or harming a patient or coming to work intoxicated or punching a supervisor, but for raising her voice against Israel’s continuing slaughter of Palestinian babies."
https://electronicintifada.net/content/hesen-jabr-paid-price-conscience/47736
-->Although the NYT did cover this story, it was written with a number of qualifications, beginning with an Israeli spokesperson who said that her use of the word "genocide" was not warranted. The NYT also insinuated that she had been an activist ever since fifth grade, when she was part of a Civil Liberties Union complaint against her school. In fact, at least half of the newspaper's story was about doubts the newspaper had about her story.
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Ynet:
"Japanese hotel cancels reservation of Israeli tourist over IDF 'war crimes' in Gaza.
Jeronimo Gehres, the manager of Material Hotel in Kyoto, told the Israeli tourist that he is not able to accept reservations from persons he believes might have ties to the Israeli army
An Israeli tourist named Alex, who had booked a room at a hotel in Kyoto, received a message from the hotel manager informing him that he could not accommodate him due to reports of war crimes allegedly committed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza war.
Gehres further explained: 'Offering lodging to persons who might have assisted or might be assisting in the execution of warfare activities forbidden by international humanitarian law based on the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols could put us at risk of being considered accomplices and/or accessories to a person who could be facing prosecution for war crimes as soon as the conflict is over.'
'We hope you understand that we cannot take such a risk and that this is the reason why we are not able to offer you one of our rooms. We would appreciate if you could accept the cancellation request I have sent you yesterday,' Gehres wrote."
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/bjjt8p6ra
-->Only one US newspaper covered this story. It is an important one, however, as it points to the awakening of the rest of the world to Israel's crimes against humanity.
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Haaretz:
"From a hotel in Kyoto to a sandwich joint in Edinburgh, the world is becoming hostile toward Israelis who are learning that a vacation won't shield them from the Gaza war.
During the nine months of war the Israeli tourist experience abroad has been marked by fears of antisemitism and efforts to avoid pro-Palestinian demonstrations. According to reports by Israeli media and posts online, some of those worries have recently turned real for a number of Israeli tourists.
Anecdotal incidents at touristic locations around the world are making it clear that even though there is no official policy of excluding Israelis, that is sometimes the situation on the ground. ...
Greek island affair
But the next day the steady drip continued, this time on the Greek island of Kefalonia, when an Israeli tried to book a trip with the company Sea Kayaking Kefalonia. The company asked her to attach photos from her Facebook account, and she received an email stating that Sea Kayaking Kefalonia wouldn't serve her 'due to the situation.' "
https://www.haaretz.com/ty-WRITER/0000017f-da59-d42c-afff-dffbb82e0000
-->It was years before white South Africans started to pay for their apartheid treatment of Black citizens. But BDS is is finally here, even though our mainstream media has so far declined to cover it.
"In her acceptance speech at the award ceremony, which by chance fell on Jabr’s birthday, she talked about the thousands of Palestinian mothers whose children have been killed in Israel’s genocidal military onslaught on the Gaza Strip, suggesting to her audience that they try to feel their pain as they do the pain of grieving mothers in New York.
She closed her speech by saying: '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.'
These were words that would come back to bite her. At her next shift at the hospital, instead of getting to work with her patients, she was summoned to the office of the hospital’s president and vice president of nursing. Right away, she told The Electronic Intifada, they scolded her about 'ruining the ceremony' and 'putting others at risk' and 'offending people.'
'It’s because you mentioned genocide,' she said they told her. 'It’s bringing up Palestine. It’s fine you mentioned your mother and your grandmother. You should’ve stopped there.' And that is how Jabr’s exemplary, award-winning nursing career at NYU Langone ended: a plainclothes police officer removed her from the hospital. Not for getting caught stealing narcotics or harming a patient or coming to work intoxicated or punching a supervisor, but for raising her voice against Israel’s continuing slaughter of Palestinian babies."
https://electronicintifada.net/content/hesen-jabr-paid-price-conscience/47736
-->Although the NYT did cover this story, it was written with a number of qualifications, beginning with an Israeli spokesperson who said that her use of the word "genocide" was not warranted. The NYT also insinuated that she had been an activist ever since fifth grade, when she was part of a Civil Liberties Union complaint against her school. In fact, at least half of the newspaper's story was about doubts the newspaper had about her story.
=====
Ynet:
"Japanese hotel cancels reservation of Israeli tourist over IDF 'war crimes' in Gaza.
Jeronimo Gehres, the manager of Material Hotel in Kyoto, told the Israeli tourist that he is not able to accept reservations from persons he believes might have ties to the Israeli army
An Israeli tourist named Alex, who had booked a room at a hotel in Kyoto, received a message from the hotel manager informing him that he could not accommodate him due to reports of war crimes allegedly committed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza war.
Gehres further explained: 'Offering lodging to persons who might have assisted or might be assisting in the execution of warfare activities forbidden by international humanitarian law based on the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols could put us at risk of being considered accomplices and/or accessories to a person who could be facing prosecution for war crimes as soon as the conflict is over.'
'We hope you understand that we cannot take such a risk and that this is the reason why we are not able to offer you one of our rooms. We would appreciate if you could accept the cancellation request I have sent you yesterday,' Gehres wrote."
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/bjjt8p6ra
-->Only one US newspaper covered this story. It is an important one, however, as it points to the awakening of the rest of the world to Israel's crimes against humanity.
=====
Haaretz:
"From a hotel in Kyoto to a sandwich joint in Edinburgh, the world is becoming hostile toward Israelis who are learning that a vacation won't shield them from the Gaza war.
During the nine months of war the Israeli tourist experience abroad has been marked by fears of antisemitism and efforts to avoid pro-Palestinian demonstrations. According to reports by Israeli media and posts online, some of those worries have recently turned real for a number of Israeli tourists.
Anecdotal incidents at touristic locations around the world are making it clear that even though there is no official policy of excluding Israelis, that is sometimes the situation on the ground. ...
Greek island affair
But the next day the steady drip continued, this time on the Greek island of Kefalonia, when an Israeli tried to book a trip with the company Sea Kayaking Kefalonia. The company asked her to attach photos from her Facebook account, and she received an email stating that Sea Kayaking Kefalonia wouldn't serve her 'due to the situation.' "
https://www.haaretz.com/ty-WRITER/0000017f-da59-d42c-afff-dffbb82e0000
-->It was years before white South Africans started to pay for their apartheid treatment of Black citizens. But BDS is is finally here, even though our mainstream media has so far declined to cover it.
