Health secretary vows to ‘root out racism’ as ‘Jewish supremacy’ doctor continues vile posts
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan faces renewed GMC action and a judicial review after fresh antisemitic social-media posts
An NHS doctor notorious for her diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” in Britain has been re-referred to the the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) after posting new messages appearing to celebrate the Hamas 7 October massacre on its second anniversary.
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, a trauma and orthopaedic trainee, posted on Twitter on Tuesday: “7 October – the day Israel was humiliated. Their supremacy shattered at the hands of the children they forced out of their homes. The children who watched foreign jews execute their loved ones, rape their land, and live on their stolen soil.”
She also posted a picture of one of the bulldozers used by Hamas to break down the border fence between Gaza and Israel on 7 October 2023, writing: “Glory to the breaking of the 17 year long illegal siege. Glory to the Palestinian resistance. Glory to our martyrs. Al-Aqsa flood. Palestine.”
Al Aqsa flood is the name given by Hamas to the 7 October mass-invasion of Israel in which the terrorist group murdered 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages.
The General Medical Council (GMC) confirmed that Aladwan’s case has been referred back to the tribunal following the new posts. An earlier hearing on 25 September decided against suspending her licence, ruling that the evidence then available did not show a “real risk to patients”.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting condemned her latest remarks as “sickening comments” that have “no place in the NHS.”
“Action needs to be taken to root the evil of racism out,” he said. “The current medical regulatory system is completely failing to protect patients and NHS staff, so I am looking at how we can rapidly overhaul the current regime to make it easier to kick racists out of the NHS.”
In an apparent response to those remarks, Dr Aladwan posted again on Wednesday, writing: “A doctor can harm a British patient and get a hearing. Accuse a doctor of ‘antisemitism’, and they’re gone. That’s the hierarchy. That’s Jewish supremacy. This is Britain.”
Her message, which included a screenshot of a Telegraph headline about proposed reforms, has been widely circulated online.
Dr Aladwan first came to public attention for claiming the UK is “controlled by Jewish supremacy”, describing the Royal Free Hospital as a “Jewish supremacy cesspit”, and declaring:
“I don’t condemn Hamas. I don’t condemn 7 October.”
The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has launched a judicial review of the tribunal’s earlier decision not to suspend her, calling it “one of the most egregious examples we have encountered of a regulator failing in its duty to protect the public.”
Dr Aladwan remains on the medical register without restrictions pending a new interim orders hearing later this month.
A Counter Terrorism Police (CTP) spokesperson said: “Should anyone identify material online that they are concerned about as potentially being extremist or terrorist-related, then it can be reported via www.gov.uk/report-terrorism.
“All referrals will then be assessed by specialist officers within the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) and where potential criminal offences are identified it will be referred onwards to the most relevant team within CTP, or local police force to consider for further investigation.
“The CTIRU is a national CTP unit based within the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, which is dedicated to identifying terrorist and extremist material online. As well as assessing any material referred into the CTIRU, it also works with service providers to seek the removal of such material.”
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