An NHS neurologist who backed Hamas’ “armed wrestle” has prompted requires the Common Medical Council (GMC) to research the “rising development” of medical professionals expressing help for extremism.
Dr Rehiana Ali, a health care provider and former Parliamentary candidate, advocated for the “de-proscription” of terror teams below UK regulation – even after she was reported to the GMC for inflammatory posts.
A advisor neurologist who has labored within the NHS since 2003 and was registered as specialist neurologist in 2016, Ali described Hamas as “reliable Palestinian resistance”.
Her newest feedback got here after the Jewish Medical Council filed two complaints to the GMC in opposition to her – one earlier than the UK election and one other in August.
Since then, she has posted a string of disturbing statements. In a put up final month she wrote: “Hamas are usually not terrorists and are reliable Palestinian resistance… UK regulation was abused on the behest of the Israeli foyer” when Hamas and Hezbollah had been proscribed, including: “They should be de-proscribed.”
A number of of Dr Rehiana Ali’s X posts claimed that Hamas had been ‘reliable resistance’
Responding to a clip posted final month by which the Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign (PSC) chief, Ben Jamel, said, “Israel has no proper to defend itself” and “It’s the Palestinian individuals who have a proper to withstand, together with – as enshrined inside worldwide regulation – by armed resistance,” Ali steered the regulation in opposition to Hamas was “ridiculous” and linked to a weblog entry titled “Hamas are usually not terrorists – the Palestinian Individuals have a authorized proper to armed wrestle”.
On November 4, the physician posted: “Resistance shouldn’t be terrorism” in response to a grieving mom who mentioned: “Could Allah take revenge on Netanyahu and the Arab states.”
The identical day, she wrote: “Israelis gained’t be capable of kill Hamas. As a result of Hamas is Palestinian resistance.”
Final month, she shared a picture of what seemed to be a inexperienced Hamas flag with the remark: “Is it time these teams had been de-proscribed? Everyone knows who the true terrorists are.”
In earlier tweets, she steered that the Taliban would “deliver peace to Afghanistan… then fear about your different ‘rights’”. She additionally tweeted “Russia shouldn’t be our enemy” and claimed, “Iran protects its individuals”.
Within the 2024 normal election, Ali stood for Parliament in Bradford South, the place she gained 10 per cent of the vote. Her manifesto dedicated to “finish the Holocaust in Palestine”, cease the “pro-Israel foyer”, “finish abuse of ‘terrorism’ laws,” and promised to make sure there can be no navy conscription within the UK. She claimed a Labour vote was “a vote for Zionist Keir Starmer”.
Dr Ali stood for Parliament final summer time on a manifesto that mentioned she would ‘finish the Holocaust in Palestine’
Responding to Ali’s feedback, the Group Safety Belief (CST) pressed the docs’ regulator, the GMC, to “urgently examine the rising development of well being employees brazenly expressing help for extremism.
“We see it on-line, in demonstrations and even on hospital wards. It is a critical and worsening drawback,” a CST spokesperson mentioned.
The GMC informed the JC: “We are able to and can examine critical issues that counsel affected person security or the general public’s confidence in docs could also be in danger, and we’re clear that the requirements anticipated of docs don’t change when they’re speaking on-line. We think about all issues which are raised with us and we take this duty very critically.”
The JC contacted Dr Ali for remark.
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