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NYC nurse fired after antisemitic attack on Israeli tourists that was stopped by ‘Spider-Man’

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · · 365 words · By Emily Crane
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NYC nurse fired after antisemitic attack on Israeli tourists that was stopped by ‘Spider-Man’ A New York City mental health nurse has been fired after she filmed herself harassing a group of Israeli men in Times Square — repeatedly calling them “baby-killers”…

Claims checked 9
Techniques found 1
Topics 3

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What happened

NYC nurse fired after antisemitic attack on Israeli tourists that was stopped by ‘Spider-Man’ A New York City mental health nurse has been fired after she filmed herself harassing a group of Israeli men in Times Square — repeatedly calling them “baby-killers”…

Why it matters

Jennifer Koonings, who worked at the Manhattan-based Inspire Mental Health Services, shared multiple videos on Instagram of the moment she unleashed the wave of vitriol over the weekend as she tried to bait the group of unassuming men in the packed tourist…

Common ground

“You guys killed babies in Palestine … Slaughtered babies,” Koonings shouted in one clip posted to her 141,000 Instagram followers.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/hateful-nyc-nurse-fired-over-antisemitic-a…

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eFinder identified 1 propaganda technique in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Koonings has a history of anti-Israel political activism”
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Claim 2: “Her biography on Inspire Mental Health Services had been scrubbed from the website”
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Claim 3: “The footage quickly went viral on social media”
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Claim 4: “The Post reached out to the facility but didn’t hear back immediately”
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Claim 5: “a performer dressed as Spider-Man intervened”
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No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia entries or web search results. The provided Wikipedia sources discuss unrelated topics (Chopped episodes, Princeton University, Louise Bourgeois). No corroboration or contradiction of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of episodes for the Food Network competition reality series Chopped, beginning with season 41. New episodes are broadcast on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Princeton University people include notable alumni (graduates and attendees) or faculty members (professors of various ranks, researchers, and visiting lecturers or professors) affiliated…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (French: [lwiz buʁʒwa] ; 25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeo…
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Claim 6: “Koonings later bragged on Instagram that she had been terminated”
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Claim 7: “Jennifer Koonings shared multiple videos on Instagram of the incident”
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Claim 8: “A New York City mental health nurse has been fired after she filmed herself harassing a group of Israeli men in Times Square”
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No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia entries or web search results. The provided Wikipedia sources discuss unrelated topics (John Dewey, Ruth Asawa, The Waste Land). No corroboration or contradiction of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentiet…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ruth Aiko Asawa (Japanese: 浅和 愛子, Hepburn: Asawa Aiko; January 24, 1926 – August 5, 2013) was an American modernist artist primarily known for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line…
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Claim 9: “repeatedly calling them 'baby-killers' and 'terrorists' in a hate-filled antisemitic rant”
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No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia entries or web search results. The provided Wikipedia sources discuss unrelated topics (Paul McCartney, United States, Waiting for Godot). No corroboration or contradiction of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital dist…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Waiting for Godot ( GOD-oh or gə-DOH) is a play by Irish author Samuel Beckett. It was written (1948–1949), first published (1952), and first performed (1953) in French as En attendant Godot. Waiti…
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