Citigroup sacks personal banker over anti-Semitic comment
Nozima Husainova, a Citibank employee, has slammed Jews in a social media, besides justifying what Hitler did to them
Citigroup on Friday (October 20) fired one of its personal bankers from her job over an anti-Semitic social media post, according to media reports.
Responding to the comment, Citigroup condemned the post and assured they would investigate the matter. “We are investigating this matter and taking appropriate disciplinary action. We strongly condemn antisemitism and other hate speech,” the bank on Thursday (October 19) said in a post on X.
A day later, Citigroup sacked their 25-year-old banker and announced it on X. “Update: We terminated the employment of the person who posted the revolting antisemitic comment on social media. We condemn antisemitism and all hate speech and do not tolerate it in our bank,” the bank said in its statement.
The post was taken down by the employee later.
Guardian terminates cartoonist contract
Husainova’s sacking came two days after The Guardian terminated the contract of one of its longest-serving cartoonists for a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Cartoonist Steve Bell submitted a cartoon featuring Netanyahu conducting surgery on his belly. However, the cartoon did not go down well with his colleagues who considered it an ‘anti-Semitic trope