Dr Rahmeh Aladwan has been suspended for fifteen months by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) after Campaign Against Antisemitism and others submitted numerous complaints to the General Medical Council (GMC) detailing her repeated and escalating antisemitic rhetoric.
The decision follows the GMC’s re-referral of Dr Aladwan to the Tribunal and after we notified the regulator of our intention to challenge in court – via judicial review – the earlier decision not to impose any conditions on her practice. That earlier ruling, delivered in September, allowed Dr Aladwan to continue practising medicine unrestricted, despite extensive evidence of her online abuse of British Jews.
The complaints referenced a selection of egregious posts, which can be found here, with further posts here.
Dr Aladwan rose to notoriety earlier this year when some of her earlier rhetoric first became public.
Among the alleged posts were:
- In a reel entitled “Resist”, alongside the inverted red triangle icon used by Hamas to denote targets, she wrote: “We never condemn the Palestinians. We back their struggle, including armed struggle.” Captioning a photo of a Hamas gunman she wrote: “A picture of AlQassam a day keeps the Z’s [Zionists] locked away.”
- Referring to the antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam last November, she posted a hand-drawn graph labelled “f*** around” and “find out,” captioned: “You provoke. You pushed. You prodded. You play victim. You deserve to pay. You parasitic pariah… Settlers should feel welcome nowhere. And if they tried that crap in the UK, they’ll be met with resistance too.”
Since then, her rhetoric has escalated dramatically.
Emboldened by the Tribunal’s refusal in September to restrict her practice, Dr Aladwan intensified her postings, including:
- An image of a bulldozer breaching the Gaza border fence on 7th October with the caption: “Glory to the Palestinian resistance. Glory to our martyrs.”
- A call to “End jewish [sic] supremacy.”
- A video of a Hamas member with the caption: “Al-Qassam fighter: The ‘israeli’ enemy has two options: either leave our land or be buried in it.”
- A post stating that “The ‘israeli’ jewish [sic] lobby has fully captured Britain.”
- A post calling to “Free Britain from jewish [sic] supremacy.”
- Claiming that “The jews [sic] love stealing Palestinian bodies and harvesting their organs as well as tormenting the family.”
- Alleging that “jews [sic] will keep murdering until they are forced to stop.”
- Referencing far-right white nationalist and Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes: “Nick explains the overriding power structure in the world today – jewish [sic] supremacy. Sending them to ‘israel’ [sic] is how this mess started in Palestine and the US. They used WW2 to move jews to Palestine & now that less jews want to settle—they need a reason.”
Despite such material, the September ruling found that Dr Aladwan had done nothing to “undermine public confidence in the medical profession,” that her rhetoric did not “amount to bullying or harassment,” and that a “fully informed member of the public” would not be alarmed to see her continue in unrestricted practice. The Tribunal cited her right to free expression under the European Convention on Human Rights, seemingly disregarding clear legal precedent, including from the Court of Appeal.
Following that shocking abdication of responsibility, Campaign Against Antisemitism notified the GMC of its intention to pursue judicial review. The GMC then re-referred Dr Aladwan to the Tribunal, leading to this week’s hearing and today’s decision.
The Tribunal has now imposed a fifteen-month interim suspension while the GMC’s investigation proceeds – a necessary, overdue step to protect Jewish patients and uphold public confidence in the profession.
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “Dr Aladwan has been on an unapologetic crusade to harass the Jewish community and, until now, she has shockingly managed to do so without facing any consequences. We are pleased to see that common sense has finally prevailed – at least for the next fifteen months – and that an interim suspension has been handed down, following our complaints.
“It is inconceivable that a Jewish person would feel safe receiving treatment from this doctor. The steps we have taken against Dr Aladwan are further evidence of our commitment to protect the Jewish community as the UK’s institutions continue to fail it. We expect the GMC to pursue its investigation speedily so that this doctor is removed from the medical profession without much further delay.”
