‘Jewish supremacy’ rant doctor has licence suspended
The Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service decided that Dr Ellen Kriesels should be suspended for nine months while a GMC investigation is carried out
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service has determined that a doctor who engaged in repeated rants about “Jewish supremacy” should be suspended from medicine for nine months while a General Medical Council (GMC) investigation into her conduct is carried out.
In a tribunal decision published on Friday, the MPTS said it was “satisfied that there is sufficient information to suggest that Dr Ellen Kriesels could pose a real risk to public safety”, and that it was “satisfied that a reasonable and properly informed member of the public would be surprised and concerned if no interim order were made today.”
As detailed by Jewish News, Kriesels, who had been working as a consultant developmental paediatrician at the Whittington Hospital in North London, had come to wider public attention after her repeated attendance at pro-Palestine rallies carrying a sign featuring a flag of Israel – with the six points of the Star of David emblazoned with the words “Rape”, “Steal”, “Cry”, “Lie”, “Cheat” and “Kill”.
Subsequently, Kriesels’ Twitter account was found to be posting regular messages about “Jewish supremacy”.
“Virtually every Jew has some feelings of supremacy (result of their Zionist upbringing) and they might oppose Zionism, but they are not going to challenge their precious community. That just doesn’t feel right to them!” Kriesels said in a response to Rahmeh Aladwan, another doctor notorious for diatribes about “Jewish supremacy”.
Another read: “When one claims to oppose Zionism but goes on and on about their Jewish heritage and Jewish millennia of persecution, one shows their feelings of Jewish supremacy, never mind they oppose the political ideology of Zionism. Jewish supremacy underpins Zionism.”
Talking about 7 October 2023, when Hamas murdered 1,200 men, woman and children, the paediatrician said “Some Jews ‘merely’ say it was a progrom [sic]. Other Jews ‘merely’ say that it was antisemitic. Always trying to frame the Jews as victims. So ridiculous,. So excruciating. So exhausting.”
Specifically describing Hamas members killed in Gaza, Kriesels said: “The non-civilians are Hamas and whether they are 1% or 18% of the Palestinians slaughtered, they should not have been killed either. Do not whitewash the murder of Hamas members. They are a political party and oppressed resistance fighters. NOT terrorists.”
Kriesels was suspended from her role at the Whittington shortly after the Jewish News story regarding her conduct. The GMC had applied for an interim order of 18 months to allow time to carry out a full investigation into Kriesel’s conduct, but the MPTS panel determined that 9 months was a sufficient length of time to enable such an investigation to take place.
The tribunal had identified a number of risks were Kriesels to continue to practice. It noted that she “has to date neither removed the posts nor indicated she will not post further comments on X nor attend marches carrying placards which may invite different interpretations from her own. Therefore the risk is that the consequences to date will continue.” The MPTS also noted the risk “that colleagues will refuse to work with her or refer cases to her. This poses a risk of disrupting the care provided to patients” It also cited the risk “that a GP might not refer a patient to her due to her views and the ethnicity of the patient.
The MPTS also acknowledged that the Whittington hospital in Highgate has a large number of Jewish patients. In its submission, the GMC noted that “a family has raised concerns about the care that Dr Kriesels provided to their Jewish son.”
The Tribunal said it had “determined that, based on the information before it today, there are concerns regarding Dr Kriesels’ fitness to practise which pose a real risk to members of the public and which may adversely affect the public interest.
“After balancing Dr Kriesels’ interests and the interests of the public, the Tribunal has decided that an interim order is necessary to guard against such a risk.”
After the MPTS announcement, a GMC spokesperson said:
“The Interim Orders Tribunal has agreed with our submission and suspended Dr Kriesels’ registration while we continue our investigation into her fitness to practise.
“Our focus is to complete our investigation swiftly, fairly and proportionately.”
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