A radiologist at Phoenix Children's Hospital in Arizona is no longer affiliated with the center after posting antisemitic messages on social media and saying that Israel was a state based on "inhumanity" and even "cannibalism."
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On May 26, Dr. Fidaa Wishah wrote a post saying, "We will uncover your thirst to kill our Palestinian children. … We sense your fear. The fear of your collapse. A state-based on atrocity, inhumanity, racism and cannibalism never last[s] long! Hey #israel … your end is coming sooner than you think."
In a post she published on several networks earlier this week, Wishah wrote: "You will not censor us anymore. Bomb our media buildings, we have phones. Bribe the mainstream media, and we have our little social platforms. From our streets, from the windows, from the destruction, we will expose you to the world."
In another post, Wishah revealed she had been called in for a conversation with Human Resources and wrote: "I told my boss I would not stop writing posts or talking about Palestine. This is my life and this is my struggle. The false accusations against me and my labeling as antisemitic will not lead them anywhere."
She also posted a picture of herself crying and wrote: "It hurts to be accused of lying just because I dare to tell the truth. The Zionists have a large and influential lobby that supports them in the US and everything is based on money buying everything, even my silence."
The hospital said in a statement on Wednesday: "All children in the care of Phoenix Children's receive hope, healing and the best possible health care, regardless of race, color, disability, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or national origin. After a thorough review of the facts related to this matter, this individual [Wishah] is no longer providing care at Phoenix Children's."
Stopantisemitism.org acknowledged the hospital for its swift action, posting on Twitter: "Thank you Phoenix Children's for standing strongly against anti-Semitism and your quick handling of the matter!"
Breaking news - Dr. Fidaa Wishah is no longer employed at @PhxChildrens.
Thank you Phoenix Children's for standing strongly against antisemitism and your quick handling of the matter! https://t.co/xp5k5o3oZO pic.twitter.com/vEmUzeHHEV
— StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) June 23, 2021
Her comments were not immediately seen by pro-Israel or Jewish advocates.
Once discovered, concern grew about her ability to treat Jewish children under her care. That concern was heightened when a blogger at Israellycool.com identified Wishah's father as Jaber Wishah, who led the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – a US-designated terror group in the Gaza Strip – and who was convicted and sentenced by Israel to life in prison for attempting to kill a member of the Israel Defense Forces and planting a bomb. He was released in 1999 after serving 15 years.
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Before the hospital made its announcement, Wishah had taken to social media to complain that she had been placed on leave pending an investigation because of a hashtag campaign and Instagram posts from "Zionists and Israelis who have concerns about me treating their kids differently," and that she was being censored.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
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