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| DATE | 2023-11-17 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Censoring truth ....
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nypost.com
Renowned cancer doc sues NYU Langone after firing over pro-Israel posts:
'Unceremoniously dumped'
Priscilla DeGregory
5–7 minutes
A renowned Manhattan cancer doctor says he was “unceremoniously dumped”
from a prestigious director position at NYU Langone for supporting
Israel on social media in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack,
according to a lawsuit filed against the hospital Thursday.
Benjamin Neel, a Jewish doctor, was first suspended on Oct. 31 and then
fired on Nov. 10 as the director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter
Cancer Center at NYU Langone after he posted five tweets about the war
in Israel.
Neel — who’d held the director role for nine years — is still a tenured
professor at the university but he no longer sees patients.
The 67-year-old oncologist says the termination breached his contract
that was set to run through the end of 2024 — and which he was also
verbally assured would be extended through 2025, according to a
Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.
The sacking was religious discrimination, since “Jews who speak out in
support of their ancestral connection to Israel and care about the
survival of the Jewish people are expressing a religious and ethnic
component of their Jewish identity,” the suit alleges.
He is seeking at least $500,000 in damages, claiming that his
“previously immaculate reputation” is now in “tatters.”
Dr. Benjamin Neel
Dr. Benjamin Neel sued NYU Langone for firing him from a director role
over his social media posts on the war in Israel.
The Neel Lab
Neel says he’s already lost a consulting position and a board seat, and
several of his other consulting roles are in “imminent peril” along with
future job prospects, according to the suit.
He is also worried that a zero-interest $1 million loan the hospital
gave him to help him secure housing will become immediately due if he
parts ways with the institution, the court papers say.
His posts on X were merely reposts of other people’s tweets on his
personal and private account, and they were “objectively tepid and
muted” compared to the vitriol that has been circulating over the
conflict, the suit claims.
NYU Langone.
Neel claims he was “unceremoniously dumped” after an illustrious career
at the hospital.
Christopher Sadowski
Among the retweets were three satiric cartoons, including one that took
aim at Greta Thunberg for giving her opinion on the war in Israel.
Another showed a group of protesters holding signs including one that
says “BEHEADING IS RESISTANCE” and “I HEART HAMAS.”
A third retweet is a cartoon of negotiations between Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and a member of Hamas who is holding a piece of paper
saying: “DEMANDS — DEATH TO ALL JEWS.”
Another repost included a list of the names of people who died in Gaza,
according to the Gaza health ministry, with the caption, “Hamas wrote
names on a piece of paper so it’s definitely accurate.”
And finally, the last retweet was of a Brooklyn protest with a
demonstrator flying a flag representing Palestine and LGBTQ+, which Neel
commented was “an oxymoron.”
Neel says his posts were “far more temperate” than messages coming from
the hospital executives including an email from Kenneth Langone and Dr.
Robert Grossman condemning Hamas for slaughtering 1,200 Israelis on Oct.
7.
Dr. Benjamin Neel
Neel held the director role at NYU Langone for nine years.
The Neel Lab
At the same time that Neel was suspended, Dr. Zaki Masoud, a resident at
NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, Long Island, was put on the
chopping block before he was also fired for making antisemitic
statements.
In fact, Neel was a “sacrificial lamb” because the hospital needed to
justify Masoud’s termination, the suit claims.
“Dr. Neel became a political casualty of NYULH’s effort to terminate Dr.
Masoud and other physicians: Dr. Neel was offered up as sacrificial lamb
so that NYULH could feign impartiality in its effort to curb political
and religious expression,” the filing claims.
Dr. Zaki Masoud
Neel claims he was a sacrificial lamb to justify the hospital sacking
Dr. Zaki Masoud over antisemitic posts.
Twitter/-at-StopAntisemites
Neel’s lawyer Milt Williams called the firing a “travesty.”
“We believe Dr. Neel is the first person to lose their job and have
their reputation besmirched for re-posting content on his private social
media account that challenged those individuals who are seemingly
celebrating the death of innocent people in Israel,” Williams said in a
statement.
“Moreover, a careful review of Dr. Neel’s social media account would
reveal that he has taken balanced positions on Israel-related issues.”
Steve Ritea, a spokesman with the hospital, said the institution “stands
by its decision.”
“Several times since last month, we reminded all employees of our high
standards, as well as our Code of Conduct and Social Media Policy,”
Ritea said. “Nonetheless, Dr. Ben Neel, as a leader at our institution,
disregarded these standards in a series of public social media posts and
later locked his Twitter/X account. NYU Langone stands by our decision
and looks forward to defending our decision in court.”
Ritea says Neel is making emails among colleagues public “in an effort
to pressure” the hospital.
NYU Langone is “dedicated to healing” and “providing a safe and
inclusive environment,” the rep said.
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