London (QNN)- British-Palestinian NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan, who has been suspended for 15 months pending an investigation over pro-Palestine social media posts, was arrested for the third time on Monday and released hours later over posts on X.
“I was arrested this morning for the third time for X posts. I have just been released. I can't say more at the moment,” she wrote on Monday.
The doctor was previously arrested on December 4 and released on condition “not to publish, post or communicate directly or indirectly any materials or statement that may incite hatred, discrimination or harassment against individuals based on race, religion, ethnicity or similar characteristics."
The police claimed that she posted materials online that “breached these conditions."
During her arrest, Aladwan said, “This is for Israel. They slaughtered, decapitated, shredded, burned alive our children
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In November, she was allegedly accused of antisemitism and suspended for 15 months pending an investigation as the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in the UK ruled.
The General Medical Council (GMC) is investigating Dr. Aladwan over posts and comments made across various social media platforms after several complaints, including from the Jewish Medical Association UK and the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
The GMC counsel Emma Gilsenan told the MPTS hearing that Aladwan’s posts included content that allegedly “justifies terrorism, denies sexual violence, includes antisemitic conspiracy theories, misuses Holocaust and Nazi imagery and expresses support for proscribed groups and terrorist acts”.
She added that Aladwan, a British-Palestinian trainee in trauma and orthopaedics, had allegedly referred to the Royal Free hospital in London as a “Jewish supremacy cesspit”, doxed NHS colleagues for raising concerns about her, and expressed explicit support for Hamas and Palestine Action.
Aladwan’s lawyer, Kevin Saunders, submitted that the posts “fell into the category of legitimate political speech and debate” and that she denied making racist or hate speech. He added that there was “no information to suggest that Dr Aladwan presents a real and immediate risk to patient safety”.
In September, the MPTS ruled that it would not impose interim conditions on Aladwan’s registration, saying it did not believe the complaints against her were “sufficient to establish that there may be a real risk to patients”.
However, the tribunal’s chair, Lee Davies, said that “many complaints” had been received “from individual members of the public and various organisations”.
The interim suspension of 15 months on Aladwan, 31, took effect from November 26 and will be reviewed within six months.
Responding to the tribunal's ruling on X, Dr. Aladwan said: "Let this decision stand as the definitive proof that there is no independent British medical regulation. The 'Israeli' and Jewish lobby decide who can and cannot practise medicine in Britain."
She added: "This is not an end. It is the beginning of a far greater battle for the integrity of our institutions."
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Pro-Palestinian voices in the UK are witnessing a clear attempt to clamp down on freedom of expression and stifle public debate. Peaceful protest is increasingly being targeted, even as the UK continues to defend and arm Israel, particularly after Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.
