Irish employee of Wix fired after labelling Israel a ‘terrorist state’ on social media
Courtney Carey said she feared her dismissal would '100%' have a chilling effect, with other Wix staff feeling unable to publicly criticise Israel. Photograph: LinkedIn/Getty Images
Kevin Kilbane: This is not the worst collection of Irish players for 50 years. It’s not even the worst in the past five yearsGerry Thornley: We will never again see the like of Johnny SextonIn posts and comments on LinkedIn, Ms Carey had described Israel as a “terrorist state” and criticised the “indiscriminate” bombing of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces.
Thousands of people have marched through Dublin in support of Palestinians and in opposition to Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Video: Enda O'Dowd “In the midst of this, for all the Israelis to be called terrorists by someone they perceive as a team-mate and a colleague is unfathomable, unexplainable and unacceptable,” he wrote.
Mr Zohar, who is also chief operations officer, said the comments had harmed “our Israeli team’s spirit” and threatened the “great connection” between its Dublin office and other Israeli colleagues. She said the online backlash she had received in recent days had included death threats and rape threats.
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