An NHS doctor has been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred after appearing to celebrate the October 7 terror attacks carried out by Hamas.
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan told police officers as she was arrested in South Gloucestershire on Tuesday that they were "doing this for the Israeli Jewish lobby".
Footage of the incident showed the junior medic being told she is under arrest for three alleged malicious communications offences and one for inciting racial hatred.
One police officer could be heard saying: “On 7th October, you posted a variety of communications which demonstrated support for Hamas’ attack on Israel.
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan told police officers that they were 'doing this for the Israeli Jewish lobby'
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"An attack which involved murder, rape and kidnap of Israeli citizens, all of which may be considered grossly offensive in character.”
In the video, Dr Aladwan appeared to tell officers that they were arresting her on behalf of "the Israeli Jewish lobby so you can get an arrest on me before my tribunal on Thursday".
She added: “This is what the UK does to their doctors.”
The junior medic was also told she was suspected of calling for Israel to be wiped off the map as she delivered a speech outside the Foreign Office in July.
Dr Aladwan labelled the attacks as 'the day Israel was humiliated'
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On the two-year anniversary of Hamas' terror attacks in Israel on October 7, which left 1,200 dead and a further 251 taken hostage, Dr Aladwan appeared to celebrate the massacre.
She labelled the attacks as “the day ‘Israel’ was humiliated”.
After the posts were made, the General Medical Council (GMC) launched a fitness to practise investigation into the NHS doctor.
The GMC then referred the British-Palestinian medic to an Interim Orders Tribunal, which occurred at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) on September 25.
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At the tribunal, the GMC argued that Dr Aladwan should have restrictions placed on her registration.
However, the doctor escaped being suspended by the regulator, causing Health Secretary Wes Streeting to say he had “no confidence in our regulation system”.
She has since been re-referred to the MPTS and is scheduled to undergo another tribunal on Thursday.
On the second anniversary of October 7, the junior medic wrote: "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 added: “Glory to the breaking of the 17-year-long illegal siege."
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “On the morning of Tuesday, 21 October, officers arrested a 31-year-old woman at an address in South Gloucestershire.
“The woman was arrested on suspicion of misusing a public communications network, sending malicious communications and stirring up racial hatred.
“The arrests relate to an ongoing investigation, led by the Met’s Public Order Crime Team, into allegations that comments made at a protest and online in recent months were grossly offensive and antisemitic in nature. She remains in custody.”
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