Posted on 06/03/2024 7:28:03 AM PDT by KingofZion
A recent law school graduate sued a law firm Wednesday, alleging that they rescinded her job offer over her views on the Israel-Gaza war.
Jinan Chehade was hired at Foley & Lardner in July but was told the night before her first day in October that the firm was revoking the job offer over statements she made on social media and during a speech at Chicago’s City Hall, her lawsuit says.
The suit alleges that Foley discriminated against Chehade, 26, because of her Arab Muslim background and describes an hours-long “interrogation” with two partners at the firm over her Instagram posts, the contents of a speech in support of the Palestinian territories and her father’s position at a local mosque.
“They called me 13 hours before I was meant to be at work and said my actions don’t fit with the values of the firm,” Chehade told The Washington Post, “and that me being in the firm may make others uncomfortable.”
The law firm says the complaint does not hold merit, Foley spokeswoman Rachel Sisserson told The Post on Thursday.
“Foley is led by our core values, which seek to foster an environment where people feel included, safe and supported,” she said. “We stand behind our decision to rescind Ms. Chehade’s employment offer as a result of the statements she made surrounding the horrendous attacks by Hamas on October 7.”
***In a recording of the three-minute City Hall speech heard by The Post, Chehade reads out testimony from families in Gaza and says the Oct. 7 attack on Israel was the “natural response of 75 years of occupation and violence by Israeli forces.”
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<>The suit alleges that Foley discriminated against Chehade, 26, because of her Arab Muslim background<>
Every muzzie is a psycho bomb waiting to go off.
I don’t understand why ANYONE would hire one of these barbarians.
We live in a strange time. I am not terribly thrilled with the cancel culture, even cancelling a bone head like this person.
Yes, which is why my wife made me quite Facebook. My political opinions could have put her job in jeopardy.
I’m not thrilled with cancel culture either. But since it’s here it cannot be a one-way street. Just like free speech - you can’t expel students for racist or homophobic languange but permit them to use antisemtic language. The double standards need to go.
There is also a question of where to draw the line. It is one thing to advocate for statehood or to condemn China for using concentration camps and slave labor (unless you are an NBA player or Disney exec). It’s another to endorse rape, baby killing and hostage taking. I think that’s an easy line to draw and she crossed it.
My wife also made a good point. They hired a person at her Christian school, and had they looked at that person’s pro-gay posts, they may not have hired her. I think that is fair.
Within days of the October 7th attack lists were being compiled of the companies, schools and individuals who supported Hamas. IIRC someone at Yale had thousands on his list.
Israel tracked down former Nazis for 80 years. Expect that the current lists of Hamas supporters will last a long time.
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