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    „Einschüchternde“ NHS-Mitarbeiter trugen „Free Palestine-Hemden, während sie Juden behandelten“


    „Einschüchternde“ NHS-Mitarbeiter trugen „Free Palestine-Hemden, während sie Juden behandelten“

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/15/nhs-staff-wore-free-palestine-shirts-claim-lawyers/

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    2. LycanIndarys on

      >At Whipps Cross Hospital, an intern was pictured wearing a Palestine football shirt with two maps of Israel on the back.

      >According to UK Lawyers for Israel, the nurses carrying out dialysis on the patient who had complained, threatened to stop treating him if he did not delete the photograph.

      Not sure why the headline doesn’t lead with this, honestly. This is *way* more concerning.

      If it is true that staff threatened to stop treatment to someone raising a complaint unless the patient deleted the evidence, they should be fired immediately. That is gross misconduct, surely?

      Also, why was someone wearing a football shirt anyway? Surely there’s a basic dress-code that this would fall foul of.

    3. savvy_shoppers on

      >Allowing staff to wear such items could breach of the Equality Act, the lawyers warned, adding it was “not appropriate for staff members at a hospital to display their political views”.

      Breach of the Equality Act lol

      >At Whipps Cross Hospital, an intern was pictured wearing a Palestine football shirt with two maps of Israel on the back.

      >At Whipps Cross Hospital, an intern was pictured wearing a Palestine football shirt with two maps of Israel on the back.
      According to UK Lawyers for Israel, the nurses carrying out dialysis on the patient who had complained, threatened to stop treating him if he did not delete the photograph.

      I mean it’s a hospital with other patients. Of course photographs aren’t allowed. The same thing would/should happen to any patient.

      If it was a staff member taking the photo I’d expect some form of disciplinary action.

    4. Grayson81 on

      It seems weird and antisemitic for the Telegraph to conflate being Jewish and being in support of everything that the state of Israel does.

      I don’t think they’re stupid enough to think that what they’re saying is true. After all these years, they must know that there are Jewish people and Israeli people who oppose some of the worst acts of the Israeli government.

      Presumably they’re just *pretending* that it’s somehow anti-Jewish to oppose war crimes and crimes against humanity so that they can demonise and silence those critics.

    5. slaitaar on

      I love how this is being ideologically discussed.

      If the staff member had a shirt saying “fuck all n&%£@s” with KKK symbols on it, do you think your word as a patient would be taken seriously as a complaint?

      I guarantee without evidence it would be filed under “shredding”.

      I try not to condone patient filming, as a recent NHS hospital manager, but there are some things you need proof to action. Wearing political attire is banned. Display of proscribed groups, left or right, banned. Hellclothing brands aren’t meant to be displayed, let alone casual shirts. There are scrubs and change rooms everywhere, there’s no excuse.

      Imagine if you were a minority being treated by someone with a badge or a shirt with the “all lives matter” slogan? Would you feel safe?

    6. RedBerryyy on

      I could see Palestinian or Arabic patients being uncomfortable with a shirt saying “free the hostages” and Jewish patients being uncomfortable with the original shirt, even with in both cases benign intentions behind the messages.

      Doesn’t feel like people in patient-facing roles should be wearing either at work. It’s a bit past something like a religious necklace or cultural piece of clothing.

    7. GhostRiders on

      It is not Palestine, just like the IRA is not the entire of Ireland..

      The history between Palestine and Israel is very complex and goes back decades.

      What has made the situation so much worse is people who have no understanding of the situation and history making ridiculous comments and judgements just to make themselves feel better.

    8. Ok-Ship812 on

      UKLFI has an interesting history.

      1. **The Interpal Campaign (2019-2021)**

      * Targeted the UK’s largest Palestinian aid charity
      * Pressured banks and payment processors to cut ties
      * Result: Interpal lost banking facilities and had to stop fundraising
      * Charity’s income dropped from £6.2m (2019) to £2.55m (2020)
      * Previously, Interpal had been investigated and cleared 3x by UK Charity Commission

      1. **DCI-Palestine Case (2019)**

      * Campaigned against Defense for Children International-Palestine
      * UKLFI faced a defamation lawsuit
      * They had to issue clarifications in 2020
      * Later, Israel designated DCI-P as a “terrorist organization” in 2021 (which was criticized by Amnesty International)

      **Recent Developments (2024):**

      * Currently threatening legal action against UK government over partial arms export suspension to Israel
      * Filed complaint against ICC prosecutor Karim Khan over potential Netanyahu arrest warrant

    9. Greggy398 on

      Why the fuck are they allowed to wear this at work anyway?

      You’re there to do a job, not preach your political opinions to the public.

    10. morriganjane on

      NHS staff should not be allowed to wear any political costume to work. They are not there to broadcast their chosen side in a foreign war to a captive audience that is already feeling stressed. They can wear any costume they like in their personal life.

    11. bitch_fitching on

      Probably not appropriate for wearing to work. It’s a shirt that contains a map of Palestine without Israel. You can imagine what would happen if a nurse wore a shirt with changed borders of Ireland/Northern Ireland. Also why would they? This only needs to a slight correction from management, just reminded about uniform rules.

      Getting angry at this being photographed and demanding the photos being deleted is intimidation, it’s much worse. Seems like escalate to de-escalate didn’t work in this case.

    12. AL85 on

      Politics aside I’m not sure a football shirt in general is appropriate clothing for a professional setting anyway. Do they not have a dress code or policy for NHS staff? All NHS/hospital staff I’ve seen previously have either been in uniforms or in work appropriate smart casual attire.

    13. shadowed_siren on

      Well I hope her internship ended quickly. That’s completely unacceptable.

    14. kirrillik on

      I’m not Jewish but that would make me extremely uncomfortable. There should be strict dress codes in place and breaking those should be met with a disciplinary

    15. bUddy284 on

      bruh why are they wearing this in a workplace, don’t they have uniforms

    16. Puzzleheaded-Tie-740 on

      The headline is conflating two different things. At one hospital an intern wore a Palestine football shirt, and at a different hospital staff members wore “Free Palestine” badges.

      Anyone remember when the Telegraph used to have basic editorial standards?

    17. Enflamed-Pancake on

      Shouldn’t they be wearing a uniform? Most workplaces have pretty strict dress codes. I work in an office and couldn’t even wear a football top, never mind a top with a political message. Surely someone managing that hospital should have pulled than intern aside and explained what appropriate work attire was?

    18. anybloodythingwilldo on

      It just seems like an inappropriate thing to wear full stop.  🤨 Not exactly a professional look for a setting where you absolutely want everyone to look professional.

    19. CastleMeadowJim on

      Palestine as a country tolerates slavery, rape, and paedophilia. Why the fuck would I support their independence?

    21. KittensOnASegway on

      At what point was wearing political slogans emblazoned across your chest ever appropriate clothing for an NHS worker?

    22. Terrible-Group-9602 on

      Political symbols or statements should not be worn on the uniforms of public sector employees, simple as that.

    23. bluecheese2040 on

      The person wearing it should have been fired for breaking dress code

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