Muslim Nurse In US, Hesen Jabr, Fired For Calling Israel's War In Gaza 'Genocide'
New Age Islam News Bureau
31May 2024
· Muslim Nurse In US, Hesen Jabr, Fired For Calling Israel's War In Gaza 'Genocide'
· Iranian Woman With Cancer, Sama Amoushahi, Detained Again By The Iranian Security Forces
· Fatima Payman, An Afghan-Born Senator, Resigns From Australian Senate Committee After Accusing Israel Of “Genocide”
· Major Radhika Sen Gets UN Award For Pushing Women's Rights Amid Conflict
· American Nurse, Jennifer Koonings, on Hunger Strike for Gaza
· Uzbekistan And Egypt Discuss Exchanging Of Experiences To Promote Women's Rights
· Israeli Police Release Palestinian Woman After Arresting Her For Post About Rafah
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Muslim Nurse In US, Hesen Jabr, Fired For Calling Israel's War In Gaza 'Genocide'
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NYC labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr
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31, 2024
A New York City hospital fired a Palestinian American Muslim nurse after she called Israel's war in Gaza a "genocide" during an acceptance speech for an award for her work with bereaved mothers who lost their children during pregnancy and childbirth.
A spokesperson of the hospital, NYU Langone Health, said on Thursday that labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr had previously been warned not to bring her views "on this divisive and charged issue into the workplace."
In a portion of her acceptance speech, she spoke about mothers who had lost babies during the war in Gaza, saying the award was "deeply personal" to her.
"It pains me to see the women from my country going through unimaginable losses themselves during the current genocide in Gaza," Jabr said in the video of her speech that she posted online.
The hospital's spokesperson in an email said Jabr had been warned in December, "following a previous incident, not to bring her views on this divisive and charged issue into the workplace.
"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," the spokesperson said without providing details about the earlier incident.
"As a result, Jabr is no longer an NYU Langone employee."
Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza has left over 36,000 dead in the past eight months, the local health ministry says. The war has also caused widespread hunger in the narrow coastal enclave and displaced nearly its entire 2.3 million population.
The conflict, which has led to rising Islamophobia and antisemitism and widespread demonstrations in the U.S. and elsewhere, began when the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which governs Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Source: indiatoday.in
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/israel-gaza-war-new-york-muslim-nurse-fired-genocide-2546066-2024-05-31
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Iranian Woman With Cancer, Sama Amoushahi, Detained Again By The Iranian Security Forces
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MAY 31, 2024
Sama Amoushahi, a resident of Isfahan who was detained last year, has been arrested again by the Iranian security forces.
According to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Amoushahi was taken from her home during a raid by security forces in the early hours of Saturday, May 25. She has since been transferred to an unknown location.
Amoushahi, who suffers from thyroid cancer, now faces a severe health risk due to her lack of access to essential medications.
Her latest detention raises significant concerns about her well-being, given her medical condition.
Amoushahi's previous arrest took place on July 11, 2023.
She was subsequently held in Dowlatabad prison in Isfahan and charged in a case processed by Branch 13 of the General and Revolutionary Courts of Isfahan.
After spending over a month in detention, she was released on bail on August 14, 2023, pending the completion of legal proceedings.
Source: iranwire.com
https://iranwire.com/en/women/130086-iranian-woman-with-cancer-detained-again/
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Fatima Payman, An Afghan-Born Senator, Resigns From Australian Senate Committee After Accusing Israel Of “Genocide”
May 31, 2024
Australian media reported that Fatima Payman, an Afghan-born senator, resigned from her position on the Foreign Relations Committee of the Australian Parliament after accusing Israel of “genocide” in Gaza.
Ms. Payman has resigned from the Foreign Relations Committee but remains a member of the Australian Senate.
Fatima Payman’s stance on the Israeli war in Gaza differs significantly from that of the Labor Party, which she represents in the Senate, causing significant reactions.
Ms. Payman’s recent comments on social media about Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza have faced criticism from some Australian parliament members, with some calling for her resignation.
She has also called on the Australian government to cut trade relations with Israel.
Earlier this month, Ms. Payman urged her colleagues in the Senate and the Prime Minister of Australia to “stand up for what is right,” expressing that her conscience has been “restless for a long time” due to observing the Gaza war from afar.
She asserted that what is happening in Gaza is “genocide” and should not be viewed otherwise.
Following the recent Israeli attack on Rafah, Fatima Payman reiterated her stance.
She wrote on her social media platform X that the Australian government should demand an end to the “genocide” in Gaza, cut its trade relations with Israel, and recognize the state of Palestine.
Ms. Payman’s resignation from the Foreign Relations Committee has sparked mixed reactions, with some parliament members supporting her and others calling for her complete resignation from the Australian Parliament.
Source: khaama.com
https://www.khaama.com/fatima-payman-resigns-from-australian-senate-committee-after-accusing-israel-of-genocide/
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Major Radhika Sen gets UN award for pushing women's rights amid conflict
31-05-2024
Major Radhika Sen of the Indian Army was conferred with the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for the year 2023 by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the global body’s headquarters in New York.
The award for the Himachal Pradesh-born Indian Army officer is for her outstanding service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where she was deployed as part of the MONUSCO ( United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
She served in the MONUSCO from March 2023 to April 2024 and the UN has since stopped its operations there.
According to a release from the UN, while serving as the Engagement Platoon Commander of the Indian Rapidly Deployed Battalion at North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Major Sen demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment.
Indian Army reposted a video of major Radhika Sen receiving the award at the UN headquarters in New York:
She led a team of 20 women soldiers and 10 male soldiers. Her work primarily focused on interacting with civilians, addressing security concerns of Displaced Persons (IDPs), and advocating for the voices of women, girls, and children in conflict zones.
Under her leadership, the engagement teams conducted educational sessions on essential topics, including women's health, education, childcare, gender equality, and employment. These initiatives, coupled with skill development programs, have not only enhanced self-reliance among local populations but also built trust and facilitated effective information gathering.
Major Radhika Sen expressed deep gratitude to her dedicated engagement platoon, particularly Major Saumya Singh, her second in command, for their unwavering support and guidance from her contingent members.
Congratulating her, António Guterres said, “Major Sen is a true leader and role model. Her service was a true credit to the United Nations as a whole,” he said. “In an escalating conflict environment in North Kivu, her troops actively engaged with conflict-affected communities, including women and girls,” he explained. “She earned their trust (…) doing so with humility, compassion, and dedication.”
After receiving the award, Major Sen expressed her gratitude for being selected and reflected on her peacekeeping role: “This award is special to me as it gives a recognition to the hard work put in by all the peacekeepers working in the challenging environment of DRC and giving their best to bring a positive change in the society,” she said. “Gender-sensitive peacekeeping is everybody’s business – not just us, women. Peace begins with all of us in our beautiful diversity!”
The Community Alert Networks she helped create in North Kivu served as a platform, including community leaders, young people, and women to voice their security and humanitarian concerns, which she would in turn help address together with her colleagues in the Mission.
As a Platoon Commander, she also helped foster a safe space for men and women to operate together under her command and quickly became a role model for both women peacekeepers and their male counterparts. She also made sure that peacekeepers under her command engaged in a manner that was sensitive to gender and socio-cultural norms in eastern DRC to help build trust and thereby increase her team’s chance of success.
Major Sen facilitated English classes for children, and health, gender, and vocational training for displaced and marginalized adults. Her efforts directly inspired women’s solidarity, providing safe spaces for meetings and open dialogue. As a gender advocate, she encouraged women in the village of Kashlira, near Rwindi town, to organize themselves to address issues collectively, advocate for their rights, and amplify their voices within the community, in particular in local security and peace discussions.
Her work has had a profound impact on the local communities in the DRC and has set a high standard for future peacekeeping missions worldwide.
UN release said, "Major Sen's achievements exemplify the values of service, integrity, and a steadfast commitment to building peaceful and inclusive societies."
Major Radhika Sen hails from Sunder Nagar, a small town in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. B‹oth her parents were teachers in the government and have since retired. Her younger sister is pursuing an MD in Anesthesia.
Major Sen completed her high school studies in Sunder Nagar and moved to Chandigarh for higher education. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering in Biotechnology and was pursuing her M.Tech from IIT Mumbai before joining the Indian Army.
She was commissioned into the Indian Army on September 10, 2016, and joined the Army Service Corps.
In her Army career, she has served in challenging conditions in J&K, Ladakh & North Sikkim. The Indian Army and the nation celebrate Major Radhika Sen for her remarkable achievements and her unwavering dedication to advancing global peace and gender equality.
The UN “Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award” was set up in 2016 to recognise the dedication and efforts of an individual military peacekeeper in promoting the principles of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security.
Major Sen is the second Indian peacekeeper to receive this prestigious award following in the footsteps of Major Suman Gawani who was a co-recipient for 2019. Other past honourees were from Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
India is currently the 11th largest contributor of women military peacekeepers to the United Nations with 124 currently deployed.
Source: awazthevoice.in
https://www.awazthevoice.in/personality-news/major-radhika-sen-gets-un-award-for-pushing-women-s-rights-amid-conflict-29052.html
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American Nurse, Jennifer Koonings, on Hunger Strike for Gaza
May 30, 2024
My name is Jennifer Koonings and I am a nurse practitioner in the state of New York. I have watched in absolute horror for the past eight months as the United States and Israel commits a genocide in my name with the American people’s tax dollars.
The Biden administration continues to write a blank check for a genocidal state to carry out mass murder every single day while Americans at home suffer from poverty, homelessness, poor health care, student loan debt and a crumbling infrastructure.
As a healthcare worker who has dedicated my life to public service and caring for the most vulnerable, my heart has been broken every single day seeing massacre after massacre. The immeasurable trauma that children in Gaza are experiencing is horrifying and completely unjustifiable. Children’s brains and bodies are fragile and still growing, and they are being starved, bombed and traumatized beyond belief.
The vindictive cruelty that has been unleashed on healthcare facilities and healthcare workers trying to care for the victims of this US/Israeli genocide is sickening. Over 500 healthcare workers have been killed so far. They have been bombed, kidnapped, tortured and executed.
To the professional medical and nursing organizations, hospitals and schools, I ask: Where are you? Will you continue to sit in silence as your colleagues abroad get massacred? As hospitals get bombed? As critically injured patients continue to be forced to relocate over and over again? As health workers are forced to treat patients on dirty floors with no supplies?
As children are undergoing limb amputations and women are undergoing cesarean sections without anesthesia? At this point, silence is complicity.
Eight months of this genocide, the barbarity only continues to escalate. That’s why I have made the decision to start a hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza. The bravery, courage and dedication of the healthcare workers in Gaza trying to care for their people is beyond admirable.
As the United States continues to supply Israel with weapons, I want to show—in words and deeds—how strongly I condemn my government and so-called political “leaders” for their unimaginable cruelty.
Shame on this administration for continuing a genocide and defying your constituents, who are demanding accountability and justice. We do not consent to your genocide!
Shame on this administration for villainizing our movement as we simply demand an end to the bloodshed! We are the peacemakers and your attempts to shame and discredit us for begging you to stop murdering babies is despicable!
We demand an end to the genocide! Stop the killing and use our tax dollars to care for the American people, who so desperately need help. Instead of sending billions upon billions abroad to exterminate an indigenous population in Gaza that has been under a complete siege for 17 years, we need to fund public health, education, housing and other social services.
As a healthcare worker, I say stop the genocide.
Fund healthcare.
Choose life.
Jennifer Koonings PMHNP
If you would like to support Jen, she will be outside the White House from 1pm-7pm.
Source: codepink.org
https://www.codepink.org/american_nurse_hunger_strike_for_gaza
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Uzbekistan and Egypt discuss exchanging of experiences to promote women's rights
President ShavkatMirziyoyev welcomed a delegation from the Senate of the Arab Republic of Egypt, led by its chairman AbdulwahabAbdulrazik, on May 30. The delegation conveyed warm greetings and sincere wishes from President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt.
Discussions centered on furthering the development of Uzbek-Egyptian relations, aiming for comprehensive partnership and expanded cooperation across various sectors.
Both sides expressed satisfaction with ongoing contacts and exchanges at all levels, noting the growth in mutual trade and the number of joint ventures. Cooperation projects in geology, agriculture, energy, and tourism, undertaken with leading Egyptian companies, were highlighted as areas of focus.
The importance of bolstering inter-parliamentary relations and establishing friendship groups in legislative bodies was emphasized. Additionally, there was a focus on parliamentary oversight of high-level agreements. Particular attention was given to continuing practical collaboration within international frameworks, including the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Arab Parliament.
Earlier Daryo reported that Uzbekistan is ready to boost its fruit imports from Egypt and Morocco. A trade delegation, facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), visited Uzbekistan on May 21-22, 2023. The objective of this initiative was to reinforce trade ties and broaden market opportunities for agricultural goods between these countries.
Source: daryo.uz
https://daryo.uz/en/2024/05/30/uzbekistan-and-egypt-discuss-exchanging-of-experiences-to-promote-womens-rights
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Israeli police release Palestinian woman after arresting her for post about Rafah
31.05.2024
Israeli police released a Palestinian beauty shop owner from the town of Majd al-Krum in northern Israel on Thursday following her arrest over a social media post expressing sadness and solidarity with Palestinians in Rafah after a weekend strike on a camp for displaced people.
On Tuesday, a video circulated on social media, allegedly filmed by a police officer, showing a policewoman tying Rasha Kareem’s hands and blindfolding her while transferring her to an interrogation center.
“Rasha was interrogated due to a post on social media,” her lawyer, Hussein Manna, told local radio station Shams.
“We were surprised by the leaked video, which was leaked by police officers themselves, as it was filmed inside the police station by one of its officers who arrested Rasha for interrogation,” he added.
The lawyer said her arrest was “illegal and brutal. There is no justification for this humiliating method.”
Manna said “what is strange is that the video was not officially released but leaked secretly to spread fear and intimidation to everyone, suggesting that this is what awaits those who are summoned for interrogation.”
There has been no comment from the Israeli police on the arrest or the lawyer's statements.
Sunday's Israeli airstrike on the tent camp for displaced people in Rafah triggered a fire and killed 45 people.
The attack occurred near the logistics base of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Tal al-Sultan.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.
More than 36,240 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, the vast majority being women and children, and over 81,777 others injured, according to local health authorities.
Nearly eight months into the Israeli war, vast swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which in its latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its operation in Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.
Source: aa.com.tr
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-police-release-palestinian-woman-after-arresting-her-for-post-about-rafah/3235920
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