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The former director of a New York University cancer center is suing the hospital and the university itself over his dismissal, alleging he was terminated because of pro-Israel social media posts some online claimed were racist against Arabs.
Benjamin Neel, the former director of NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, said he was fired this month without due process and that he was discriminated against because of religion, Washington Square News, NYU’s student newspaper, reported.
Neel, who’d held the director role for nine years and is still a tenured professor at the university but no longer sees patients, said he was fired for reposting tweets on X that criticized those who supported violence against Israelis. Some online accused Neel of sharing anti-Arab sentiment, “racist tropes, justification of collective punishment to glorification of violence.”
According to the New York Post, Neel, 67, a Jewish doctor, was first suspended by the hospital on Oct. 31 and then fired on Nov. 10 from his job of nine years as the director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone.
Neel’s current contract with the hospital was set to run through the end of 2024, and he says he had been verbally assured that the contract would be extended through 2025. After being fired, he is now suing for $500,000 in damages.
Neel had reportedly posted just five times about the war in Israel, showing his support for Israel and his opposition to the Hamas terror group. He had simply re-posted other people’s tweets on his personal and private account.
Below is one of the posts Neel had reportedly re-tweeted:
When you say “let’s deescalate the situation, and find some middle ground” pic.twitter.com/XC6cbDjrLa
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 21, 2023
Dr. Benjamin Neel, noted cancer researcher, says in a lawsuit that he was “unceremoniously dumped” by @nyulangone for pro-Israel tweets because it feared “pro-Palestinian backlash” to its firing of Hamas apologist Zaki Masoud. Pretty much says they sacrificed patient care for PR. https://t.co/2u22aCsUXI pic.twitter.com/pARTPLlBX3
— Gary Weiss (@gary_weiss) November 17, 2023
In 2021, Neel was recognized for his work on treatments for ovarian cancer.
Dr. Benjamin Neel, a 2020 Mary Kay Foundation Cancer Research Grant recipient, is focusing on the Genomics-Informed Organoid Platform for Rational Modeling of Ovarian Cancer Biology & Therapy, potentially uncovering more effective ovarian cancer therapies. #EliminateCancer pic.twitter.com/29DHpKXtHk
— Mary Kay Ash Foundation℠ (@marykaycares) April 15, 2021
NYU cancer doctor sues hospital, school over pro-Israel posts, says he’s a ‘sacrificial lamb’ https://t.co/89RdByAWbz
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 20, 2023
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