Doctor who made 'slit throat' gesture towards Jews to face second tribunal after being allowed to keep job

Dr Rahmeh Aladwan was allowed to continue working following an earlier medical tribunal
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A Palestinian doctor who allegedly said the October 7 Hamas attack represented the day Israel was "humiliated" and made a "slit your throat" gesture towards Jews is set to face a second medical tribunal after being allowed to keep her job.
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, a trainee trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, was investigated by an interim orders tribunal last month over her social media posts, including a claim that the "Royal Free Hospital in London is a Jewish supremacy cesspit".
In another post, the physician also allegedly claimed antisemitism and the Holocaust were "concepts" exploited to advance a "narrative of victimhood".
The General Medical Council (GMC) had sought to place restrictions on her while investigating her online posts.
However, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) ruled on September 25 that she could continue working.
According to the Daily Mail, Counsel for the GMC, Isobel Thomas, said that Dr Aladwan's social media posts included "justification of terrorism, denial of sexual violence, spreading of antisemitic conspiracy theories, misuse of Holocaust imagery".
One complainant highlighted footage which allegedly showed Dr Aladwan "at a pro-Palestinian concert (July 2024) where she does a ‘slit your throat’ hand gesture towards the counterprotesters (who are mainly Jewish)".
Now, the GBC has re-referred Dr Aladwan for another interim orders tribunal while it continues its investigation into her.
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan
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Dr Aladwan’s lawyer previously told the the medical tribunal she is exercising her freedom of speech to oppose crimes by Israel, including those identified by the United Nations.
He said she is a Palestinian doctor with an impeccable clinical record and is, herself, a direct victim of genocide and of dispossession.
Dr Aladwan’s recent posts on X include: "October 7. 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."
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting said this week that "sickening comments" have no place in the NHS “and action needs to be taken to root the evil of racism out".
In response to Mr Streeting saying he would overhaul the way medical regulators investigate cases of antisemitism, Dr Aladwan wrote on X: "So you’re telling me that the Chief Rabbi of Britain can spend two years supporting, praising and praying for the terrorist, child-killing, hospital-bombing, rapist IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) but I can’t be a British doctor and support the human, legal right of Palestinians to armed resistance?
"Streeting wants to centre jews and falsely claim that jewish patients are somehow unsafe.
Wes Streeting has said that 'sickening comments' have no place in the NHS
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"No jew has been harmed by anti-genocide, pro-Palestine healthcare workers.
"We are not ‘israeli’ or jewish supremacists. We see everyone as EQUAL…Free Palestine and Britain from jewish supremacy."
Mr Streeting said he is "urgently looking" to overhaul the way medical regulators investigate cases of antisemitism to "kick racists out of the NHS".
He said: “The NHS is a universal health system that everyone should feel safe approaching if they need care, regardless of race, creed or religion.
"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."
Jahad Rahman, partner at Rahman Lowe Solicitors, which is representing Dr Aladwan, said the firm was "concerned by recent public comments" made by the Health Secretary.
Mr Rahman said: "As set out in our recent open letter to Mr Streeting, politicians must refrain from making statements that could be perceived as seeking to influence or direct the outcome of judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings.
"The independence of the judiciary, including independent tribunals such as the MPTS, is a fundamental principle of our legal system.
"When senior Government figures make comments on the merits or outcomes of ongoing cases, there is a real risk of undermining public confidence in the impartiality of those proceedings, the administration of justice and the rule of law.
"We are also deeply concerned by the decision to rehear the case and any external or political pressure on the tribunal would be wholly unreasonable, irrational, and likely to give rise to grounds for an application for judicial review.
"Dr Aladwan continues to participate fully in the tribunal process and remains confident that the MPTS will assess the evidence fairly and independently, free from any external or political pressure."
The interim orders tribunal hearing will take place on October 23.